Leftovers Friendly Fried Rice

Name: Leftovers Friendly Fried Rice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups cold cooked white rice, better if it day old; 3 tablespoons oil; 1/2 cup leftover cooked pork or 1/2 cup ham, cut in strips; 1/2 cup leftover cooked chicken, cut in strips; 1/4 cup tiny canned shrimp, if desired; 1 cup carrots or 1 cup corn (If you don't have leftover veggies, thawed frozen veggies work well); 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained; 1/4 cup fresh green onion, chopped; 1 egg, fried,cut in small strips; soy sauce (I like to use the lite kind)

Submitted by Denise in da Kitchen

"This is a great way to use up small amounts of leftover meat and veggies. (If you have enough leftover rice, then it's a real dollar-stretcher!) Depending on what I have in fridge, it's a little different each time I make it. It seems that no matter what combination of meats and veggies I use, if it is eaten with chop sticks, the kids love it!"

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 6

ingredients

2 cups cold cooked white rice, better if it day old
3 tablespoons oil
¹⁄₂ cup leftover cooked pork or 1/2 cup ham, cut in strips
¹⁄₂ cup leftover cooked chicken, cut in strips
¹⁄₄ cup tiny canned shrimp, if desired
1 1 cup carrots or 1 cup corn (If you don't have leftover veggies, thawed frozen veggies work well)
1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
¹⁄₄ cup fresh green onion, chopped
1 egg, fried,cut in small strips
soy sauce (I like to use the lite kind)

directions

In a wok or large frying pan, cook meats in 1 tablespoon oil until brown.
Add shrimp to meats and cook together.
Take out of pan and set aside.
Crumble the rice in the same pan and fry it with 2 tablespoons oil.
Add cooked meats, veggies and water chestnuts to rice.
Add soy sauce to taste.
In another pan, scramble an egg and cook flat in a small amout of oil (do not scramble egg in the pan, but let it cook flat, like an omelet).
Cut into strips.
Add fried egg strips and green onion just before serving.

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Denise in da Kitchen

Willington, Connecticut

I LOVE to cook and eat and read cookbooks. My kitchen really does overfloweth with them and of course this has quickly become my favorite cooking site! I live with my husband in a small town in eastern Connecticut. We are both retired. My children are all grown and have families of their own now. Our 3 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter all live in Florida and it goes without saying that we miss them very much, so when my husband retired last year we celebrated by buying a small RV! We so enjoyed driving it to Florida to spend the holidays with the little ones. Although COVID has prevented us from repeating the trip this year, I am enjoying learning new recipes to make in our RV for next year. I think the Instant Pot and the Crock Pot will be my new best friends while traveling!

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