Chinese Sausage (Lap Cheong) Fried Rice

      

    Ingredients: 

• 3 Chinese Sausages, sliced diagonally
• 1 Medium Onion, diced
• 1 Carrot, diced small
• 2 Scallions, sliced diagonally
• 2 cloves, garlic, finely minced
• 5 cups, White Rice, cooked
• ¾ teaspoon, Salt
• ¼ teaspoon, Sugar
• 2 teaspoons, Hot Water
• ½ teaspoon, Sesame Oil
• 2 teaspoons, Soy Sauce
• ½ teaspoon, Dark Soy Sauce
• pinch, White Pepper
• 1 teaspoon, Shaoxing Wine (optional)
• 4 tablespoons, Vegetable Oil (divided)
• 3 large Eggs, beaten
• ⅔ cup, Green Peas, cooked
• 1 teaspoon, Shaoxing Wine (optional)

    Directions:

• Prepare a sauce in a small bowl, by adding salt, sugar, hot water, sesame oil, regular soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and ground white pepper. Stir thoroughly and set aside.
• Heat your wok over medium high heat and spread 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil around in the wok.
• Add the beaten eggs to the oil, scrambling them and breaking them up into smaller pieces with your wok spatula just until done. Transfer them to a large bowl and set aside.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil around your wok. Add the sausage, and stir-fry for 20 seconds. Add the onion, scallions, carrots and garlic to wok and stir fry 1-2 minutes until onion is translucent. Remove and add to large bowl. Set aside.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil around wok. Add the rice and using spatula flatten out and break up any clumps. Stir fry the rice to heat it through.
• Once the rice is warmed, pour the sauce you prepared, evenly over the rice. Mix using a scooping motion with your spatula for 1-2 minutes, until the rice is evenly coated with sauce.
• Add all the ingredients you set aside in large bowl to wok. Add green peas, and fold everything into the rice. Stir fry the for another minute.

Chicken Fried Rice

Tip: Read directions completely before preparing.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup chicken broth

3 tablespoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon rice vinegar

1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon white pepper

3 finely mince garlic cloves

2 tablespoons sesame oil

2 eggs

1 1/2 pounds, cubed chicken thighs

1/4 cup thin slice white onion

1/4 cup carrots, julienned

1/4 cup bamboo shoots, julienned

3 1/2 cups cooked white rice

Directions:

In a small bowl add, chicken broth, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, garlic, white pepper, and set aside.

In a small skillet scramble eggs with 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Set aside.

Heat the remaining sesame oil in a large wok over high heat. Add chicken and saute until browned. Remove chicken from wok with strainer leaving as much oil as possible in wok and set aside.

Let oil heat in wok then add onion and saute until softened and just beginning to brown. Add carrots and bamboo shoots and stir fry for about 1 minute.

Stir in rice, scrambled eggs, chicken, and small bowl of mixed chicken broth and other ingredients and stir-fry over high heat another 4 minutes. Serve hot. Enjoy!

Tip:  Fried rice is a popular component of Asian cuisine, especially Chinese food. It is made from rice stir-fried in a wok with other ingredients such as eggs, vegetables and some kinds of meat. As a home cooked dish, fried rice typically is made with ingredients left over from other dishes, leading to countless variations. In Asia, the more famous varieties of fried rice include Yangzhou and Fujian fried rice.

Garlic Fried Rice

Tip: Read directions carefully before preparing.

Ingredients:

2 cup rice cooked plain white rice

2 garlic glove, sliced

1/4 cup green onion, chopped

1 1/2 tablespoons oil

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Slice the garlic and chop the green onion.

In a thick, heavy-bottomed skillet or wok and over medium-high, add the oil and let heat up, about 30 seconds. Add garlic and cook until pale gold (do not burn as garlic will be bitter!) and crispy, stirring frequently.

Add the green onion and stir.

Add the loosened rice and stir. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir to mix well.

Tip: This rice is excellent by itself or you can pair it with grilled pork chops, sliced tomatoes or a nice salad. You can also add scrambled eggs and bacon to make it a breakfast meal.  Experiment and Enjoy!