Just Minute Rice, eggs, ham and green onions with a tiny bit of olive oil for non stick. Soy sauce to taste. Pretty quick and easy but tastes good.

I keep meaning to try MarsAttcks recipe but I don’t have a wok and this is tasty enough.

Would this then, maybe, be called dirty rice? Not that there's anything wrong w/ that.

A leftover technique from college dorm days?

Add a little sesame oil?

It works better with day old rice.

I like using SPAM in mine along with some mixed vegetables.

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Originally posted by 229DAK:
Add a little sesame oil?

indeed, sir

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Originally posted by Edmond:
I like using SPAM in mine along with some mixed vegetables.

was thinking the same thing

If you happen to find some of this in your area, slice a few up and fry them in the mix.

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Originally posted by Nismo:
If you happen to find some of this in your area, slice a few up and fry them in the mix.

I like that but I think it's an acquired taste. Also, for those trying it out, use thin slices.

I prefer my fried rice plain with just salt and garlic. Next step would be mixing in eggs and chinese sausage.

We do it with Spam, peas, carrots, chopped onion, eggs, Sesame oil, and Chinese rice which clumps up unlike western rice. The rice is prepared in a rice cooker separately from the rest, then stirred in. The peas and carrots are just frozen stuff we buy at Walmart, nothing special.

Over the years my girlfriend acquired some unusual kitchen gear, including the rice cooker and a special slicer that does a can of Spam in about 20 seconds, length and width, so I just have to dice it. The cats love it when I do that part!

The meal is extra tasty when Vidalia onions are in season!

My family and I were stationed in Japan for 3 years, 1976-1978.

My wife, who was a good cook to start with, REALLY got into some Asian/Japanese cooking.

Egg Drop Soup, Boneless Fried Chicken, Bean Yams, Egg Rolls and...yup...Fried Rice.

I still reap the benefits of this on a regular basis. Bean Yams not so much as they're labor intensive, but everything else at least once a month and Fried Rice almost weekly as it's quick and easy to make.

When we butcher chickens, some of the trimmings are packaged as "stir fry", but ham comes a close second. Rarely, when shrimp are A) in season and B) priced even remotely reasonably, we'll have shrimp fried rice.

Edit to add: Fool-proof way to cook rice without special equipment...casserole dish. One cup of rice, two cups of water, cover, pop into the oven, 20 minutes @ (I think) 375° and voila! perfect rice.

I’ve done the spam thing with rice like that. Made it with minced onion, peppers, tomato, seasoning and it turned out nice.

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Originally posted by 229DAK:
Add a little sesame oil?

Interesting. I love tahini, but didn’t know until now that pure sesame oil could be purchased.

http://www.ajifrozenusa.com/pr...icken_fried_rice.asp

I add two or three things to this on a regular basis, almost always a scrambled egg or two

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

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Originally posted by 229DAK:
Add a little sesame oil?

Interesting. I love tahini, but didn’t know until now that pure sesame oil could be purchased.

I keep sesame seed oil around all the time for different dishes......including mac and cheese with bacon!!

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Originally posted by Edmond:
I like using SPAM in mine along with some mixed vegetables.

That sounds delicious!

Need to add some Sriracha!!!