Yield: 4 to 6 Servings

Scott Nowell

Plain or with added protein, fried rice can make a nice meal by itself or used as a side. So many options. Experiment and find out what you like. Use care with the soy and salt, so it isn’t too salty. You can skip the dark soy sauce if you want a lighter colored finished dish.

Sauce pre-mix:

• 2TBS hot water
• 2tsp honey
• 2tsp sesame oil
• 2tsp Shaoxing wine (or dry cooking sherry)
• 2TBS soy sauce
• 2tsp dark soy sauce (skip for lighter colored dish)
• ¼-½tsp white pepper

Protein:

• ½-1lb protein: large shrimp, raw, de-shelled, pork, beef or chicken sliced thin, char siu, bacon or mix
  
• 2-4eggs, scrambled

Rice & vegetables:

• 4-5cups cooked rice
• 2cups cooked vegetables, broccoli, carrots, etc.
• ½cup bean sprouts, optional
• ½cup snow or sugar snap pea pods, trimmed and sliced on the diagonal, optional
• 1medium onion chopped
• 3-4green onions (scallions), white and green sections separated, white chopped into 3/8” rings, green into ¾” pieces
• 2-4TBS oil, divided
• 1tsp sugar
• 2tsp soy sauce
• 2tsp oyster sauce or 1 tsp sesame oil
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Mise, Mise, Mise, get your mise together! This means me! This happens so fast, that you must get everything prepped and measured before cooking starts.

Sauce premix:
Start by combining the hot water, honey, sesame oil, Shaoxing wine (if using), soy sauce, dark soy sauce (if using), and white pepper in a small bowl. This is the sauce that you’ll be adding to the rice, and it’s much easier to have it combined and ready to go before you start cooking.

Stir fry protein & onion:
With the wok over medium heat, add a TBS of oil and eggs. Scramble until just set. Remove to bowl, set aside.
With the wok over medium heat, add a TBS of oil and stir-fry the onions and white part of the green onions until translucent and then stir in the protein. Stir-fry until chicken or pork are cooked through. If using shrimp, stir-fry for a couple minutes and remove to a bowl. Add 2 TBS of oil and the rice and stir-fry until heated through.

Add sauce:

Add the premix sauce and salt and mix with a scooping motion until the rice is evenly coated with sauce. You will have to break up any remaining clumps of rice with the spatula as best as possible, but no need to be obsessive. The rice should be hot by this time.

Toss in your bean sprouts, pea pods, scrambled eggs and return shrimp (if using). Mix thoroughly for another minute or two and serve, topped with green part of green onions!