Asian Cooking Made Easy – Delicious fried rice

Fried rice is easy to prepare and tastes great as a meal on its own. You can pretty much add anything you like to it to make your fried rice such as roasted pork, chicken and ham; vegetables such as peas, sweetcorn, spring onions, carrot, broccoli and asparagus; or even small, cooked prawns. Just make sure all your ingredients are chopped into bite-sized pieces, and don't forget the egg! The following recipe is richly flavoured to become your delicious kind of fried rice.

Ingredients (2 servings)

Cooking oil

4 eggs, beaten

A dash of milk

1 tsp ground ginger

4 garlic cloves, diced

1 onion, thinly sliced

125g bacon rashers

1 tsp sugar

1tbs Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry

400g long grain rice, cooked and cooled

1 tbs oyster sauce

50g spring onions, chopped

20ml soy sauce

¼ tsp sesame oil

½ chilli, diagonally sliced (Optional)

Method

Heat the oil in a frying pan until the surface seems to shimmer slightly.

Mix the beaten eggs with milk and pour the mixture into the pan. Scramble for about 1-2 minutes until just done. Set aside.

Add extra oil to the pan and stir-fry garlic and onions until aromatic.

Add the bacon and stir fry for a further minute, or until lightly browned.

Stir in the sugar and wine, then stir fry for 30 seconds.

Add the rice, reserved eggs, oyster sauce, spring onions, soy sauce and sesame oil. Stir fry for three minutes, or until the rice is heated through.

Divide the rice between individual bowls and garnish with chilli.

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