10/24/07

~-*--炒饭--*-~
(fried rice)

No picture for this recipe, but it's a really basic, very typical Chinese dish that everyone in the world is familar with. This is simple, unpretentious, homey and yummy comfort food.

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you'll need...
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cooked, leftover rice, around 4-5 cups
a mess o' green onions, around 10
About 1/2 cup Chinese dried sausage, diced (Use any dry, sweet cured sausage as a substitute)
tb dried chilli, crushed
a bit of finely shredded ginger
tb dried shrimp
cooking oil
light (regular) soy sauce
3 eggs, beaten
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Add oil to wok, enough to coat. Cook sausage with green onion (white part only) dried chilli, ginger, pinch of salt and shrimp until fragrant on medium flame. (a minute) Add rice and some soy sauce and keep it moving. Cook for two minutes or so then add eggs and keep the mixture moving. Add more soy sauce to taste, but don't overdo it. You're done when the rice and eggs are "dry" and a few grains are browning. Turn off heat, add green part of the green onion and mix well. Serve with a side of cucumbers in dark vinegar and garlic and cheap beer for a very Chinese lunch.

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