Fried Rice

I know it seems that I have been writing a lot about Chinese food and that is because I am, but also I have been going over to my grandparent's house a lot lately and my grandmother has had me help her in the kitchen.

Anyway, on one of the recent visits I got hungry. So I looked in her fridge and found nothing. So I went over to her and asked if she had anything. She looks in the fridge and whips out some random things and then says, "You are going to make fried rice!" Okay!

Now the thing about fried rice is that really anything can be put in there. First and foremost you need rice. Very important! In the one I made with my grandma, I had peas, dried shrimp, green onions, and egg. Then I made some more for lunch the other day and all I had was spam and egg, so that was what I used.


First get a pan and put some oil into it. then take your egg and scramble it and pour it into the pan. Cook it so it's like a crepe-looking thing. Flat and thin. Once it is done, pull it out and cut into strips and then set it off to the side. Next place your meat (if you have any) into the pan and allow it to cook for a little bit. Next place your rice into the pan and mix up the meat and rice together. Next place the vegetables and egg in there and mix them in. Now grab some soy sauce and pour a little bit in there. You don't need a lot, since it can be very salty. I mean, by all means if you want it to be really salty add more. And voilá, you have fried rice!

Tips:

• If you have clumps of rice don't smash them to break them apart, instead take the spatula and chop them with the tip of the spatula.
• The order doesn't really matter in this dish. Just make sure that if you have raw meat that you place that in the pan first.