The Best Fried Rice (Claiborne/lee)

The Best Fried Rice (Claiborne/lee) Ingredients

5 c Cold cooked rice; (cooked at	3 Eggs
1 c Small raw shrimps**;	1/2 c Cooked fresh green peas or
1 ts Baking soda	1 tb Salt; approximately
1 ts Salt	2 tb Oyster sauce**
5 tb Peanut oil	1 c Fresh bean sprouts; (see
Or vegetable or corn oil	1/2 c Scallions; chopped and green
2/3 c Cooked ham; or cubed chinese

Instructions for The Best Fried Rice (Claiborne/lee)

1. Flake the rice so that the grains do not stick together. Set aside. 2. Combine the shrimps with the soda and salt and let stand 15 rninutes or longer. Rinse thoroughly in cold water and pat dry on paper toweling. 3. Heat the oil in a wok or skillet until it is almost smoking and add the shrimps. Cook, stirring quickly and turning them in the oil until they turn pink, about 30 seconds. Remove them to a sieve fitted over a mixing bowl and let them drain well. Return the oil from the drained shrimps to the pan. 4. Add the sausages or ham to the pan and cook just to heat through, stirring. Add the rice, stirring rapidly, and cook until thoroughly heated without browning. 5. Do the following quickly: Make a well in the center of the rice and add the eggs, stirring constantly. When they have a soft-scrambled consistency, start incorporating the rice, stirring in a circular fashion. 6. When all the rice and eggs are blended, add the peas and the tablespoon of salt, stirring. Stir in the oyster sauce and the cooked shrimps, tossing the rice over and over to blend everything. Stir in the bean sprouts and cook, stirring and tossing, about 30 seconds. Add the scallions and serve immediately. YiELD: 8 to 12 servings Note: If you really want to be refined in this dish, pluck off and discard the head and threadlike "tail" of each bean sprout. But whether plucked over or left whole, there should be 1 cup to go into the dish. **Note to me: try chicken in place of shrimp and soy sauce in place of oyster sauce. Source: The Chinese Cookbook, by Craig Claiborne & Virginia Lee, 1972 (the authors say that, "This fried rice is a bit of a masterpiece." Recipe by: Claiborne/Lee, "The Chinese Cookbook" Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 452 by James and Susan Kirkland on Jan 04, 1998

Main Ingredient: PorkCuisine: Chinese

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Baking soda	Bean Sprouts	Corn	Eggs
Ham	Oyster Sauce	Rice	Salt
Scallion	Shrimp

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