Pork Fried Rice

The other day, I told my sister in law that I was going to make fried rice and she looked at me in amazement. "YOU know how to make fried rice?" she questioned as if it were some great feat that only the brave attempt to do.  When I told her that it is one of the easiest things I know how to cook she didn't believe me.  What I can never believe is that most people react in this way when they find out that I can make fried rice.  My husband's coworkers didn't believe him that his wife was white after he brought it to work with him one day.  Even when he showed them a picture of me, they thought he must be joking.

I actually don't remember when I learned how to make fried rice because I've been making it most of my life.  I would like to give you a link to the recipe, but my mother made up the recipe a long time ago.  For years my mom searched for a fried rice recipe similar to that of her favorite restaurant Jade's Chopstick, but alas, no recipe was to be found. Finally, she set out to make her own recipe and I feel she succeeded in making one which is almost as good as the fried rice at Jade's.

You can use this as a side dish if you make something like sweet and sour pork, but I prefer just eating a big bowl of this by itself. I apologize for the quality of my camera, I only had my phone with me to take a picture that day.

Pork Fried Rice

Ingredients

3 cups instant rice
3 or 4 eggs
6 or 7 green onions, chopped
several slices of ham, cut into small pieces
salt
pepper
soy sauce
olive oil

Directions

1. Cook the instant rice to the directions on the box.  If you have time, make it before you plan to make the friend rice and cool it in the fridge for a while.  this will keep it from sticking together when you cook it.

2. Put about two tablespoons olive oil in a hot frying pan and scramble the eggs in it.

3. When the eggs are cooked add the rice, ham, and green onions.  Stir in a little more olive oil and a few dashes of  soy sauce and salt and pepper to taste.

4. Cook the rice, stirring occassionally until it starts to brown.  If you like lots of soy sauce, feel free to add more as the rice cooks.  Serve as a side or by itself.