I got the recipe from my Mom, who got it from the Pitkins who were our next door neighbors when I was growing up.
I always serve with sweet and sour sauce (which I will post separately). Usually when I make ham fried rice it is a meal in and of itself.
It is also delicious with Gauzas (Pot-stickers) which I did not make this night for dinner, but I will post the recipe separately. Also great with fried chicken strips ( as in the previous post).
Cooked and cooled White rice (8 cups cooked for a huge batch) (This is good reheated and one of the few things I will save for leftovers)
3 eggs
soy sauce (a lot)
White sugar (a lot)
1 bunch green onions
1/2 lb ham (from the refrigerated deli by the hot dogs and cheese---not from the deli itself)
You really just have to adjust the amounts of everything to your liking. I do a really large batch because we love it. I usually do 8 cups of cooked white rice (which is 4 cups of uncooked rice). You can cook it in a pot, a rice cooker or a pressure cooker or however. Make sure it is all the way cooked and not crunchy. Then you need to let it cool the whole way. This is the most important step. You can spread on a jelly roll pan and put in the fridge to speed things up(if making the same day. Or place cooked rice in a baggie or container if making with in a few days.
Scramble 3 eggs in a little oil in a frying pan. Remove from pan and place on a small plate or in a small bowl and set aside
Use 1/2 pkg (which is 1/2 lb) of lunchmeat ham. We have tried it with these options...chicken, cubed ham, sliced ham from the deli...and we don't like any of them as well as good old lunchmeat. It does not have to be smoked (as pictured) and it does not have to be this brand. Any brand will do except buddig.
Chop the ham.
Wash one bunch of green onions.
Chop off the roots (hairy part) but leave some of the white part and chop off the tops (they tend to be dried out). Throw roots and tops away and chop the rest.
Saute in a frying pan with a little oil (vegetable or canola are my preference). The ham and green onions always look like they are about equal parts to me (they are not...but they kind of look like it).
Once ham shrivels a bit and the onions are cooked through remove from frying pan and place on a small plate or in a small bowl.
I have a wok, but you can use a large pan instead. Wok's get seasoned the more you use them (like a dutch oven or cast iron). So the more you use it the better your food will taste.
Use a little oil and a paper towel to rub off the old oil. Whenever you get done using your wok you rub it down with oil to season and protect it. Then before you use it you use a little oil to clean the old oil off and get it primed for using.
Place a small amount of oil (maybe 1 T) in pan. Add fully cooled rice. Remember the cooling is the most important part. Reheat rice on Medium heat. If it starts to stick turn down heat and add a little oil.
Stir occasionally.Once rice is heated through add ham and onion mixture (DO NOT ADD EGGS AT THIS TIME).
Add soy sauce and white sugar to taste. This is the hard part to explain because it is to taste, not measured out. This is the way I do soy sauce...I pour it on until the pan starts to sizzle (the soy sauce hitting the bottom of the pan). Sugar...I'm guessing start with 1/3 C. Stir those both in. Almost every single time it needs more soy and more sugar (maybe even up to a total of 2/3 C. sugar---just guessing). The soy sauce will also turn the rice into a pretty brown color.
It should taste really good before adding the eggs, then once you add the eggs it just puts it over the top.
This night I served it with fried chicken strips and sweet and sour sauce on top of chicken and rice.
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