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Contributed By: mamajane
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This is an authentic Japanese fried rice recipe and is delicious. I took cooking lessons when I lived in Japan and this is one of the recipes we learned. Calrose rice is not the same as white rice. Look for it with the white rice in your grocery store.

Ingredients

Calrose rice, cooked (about 2-3 cups)

Vegetable oil

1 Egg

1 Onion, chopped

Frozen peas and carrots, thawed

Corn if you like it

1/2 lb. Sliced raw pork (from chops or country style ribs, whatever is the cheapest cut of white pork)

Soy sauce or tamari

Salt

Pepper

Preparation

Cook calrose rice according to directions. Heat some oil in wok or deep fry pan (I use about a tablespoon) and cook pork until done. Remove pork from pan and scramble one egg in any remaining oil. Remove egg and add some more oil (I add about 3 tbsp) to the pan, heating. Add chopped onion, some thawed peas & carrots (and corn if you like), and anything else you like in your rice. When the onions are tender, add the rice and add soy sauce to taste and stir with a big flat wooden spoon or large cooking chopsticks, if you have them (mine are about 18" long). Add the cooked egg and pork near the end of the cooking time and stir well. Season with salt and pepper to taste. When the rice is heated through and a bit crispy, it is ready to serve.

Cook's Notes

You may not have heard of tamari. It is a premium soy sauce that has the wonderful rich flavor of soy sauce but does not taste as salty. It can be quite expensive at health food stores, but the Food Lion in my area carries it for $.99/bottle. It is definitely worth trying; it is all we use except in marinades that require large quantities of soy sauce. Cook your rice at least an hour before you plan to start your fried rice. It works better if it is still slightly warm when you fry it. Edamame are soy beans salted and boiled in the pod. They are a popular Japanese snack that is sold frozen. If your local grocer, health food store, or oriental food store sells them, definitely give them a try. They are very popular with children since they are a finger food and kids like popping the beans from the pod into their mouths. If you can't find them, serve Snow Peas with dip.

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