Better Than Take Out - Easy Fried Rice / YU CAN COOK

cooked rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: day-old rice

Day-old rice is ideal for frying and reduces waste.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Tamari is often cheaper and gluten-free.

Beat 2 eggs in a bowl using a whisk, moving it back and forth side to side.

Chop green onions, separating the white and green parts, and cut them into diagonal slices (shiftlets).

Cut the stem off a red pepper, remove seeds, and dice it into small pieces.

Steam 1/2 cup of Chinese sausage (lap chong) for 15 minutes, then cut into pieces.

Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan over low heat and add the beaten eggs, stirring until just cooked but still slightly wet.

Turn the heat to high and add 2 cups of cold brown rice to the pan, along with 2 tablespoons of oil, stirring to break up lumps.

Add 1/2 cup of diced ham and the frozen veggie mix to the rice, stirring to combine.

Add the diced red pepper and stir everything together, cooking until heated through.

Add the cooked eggs back into the mixture and stir to combine.

Pour in 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, salt, and pepper to taste, and stir well.

Add the white parts of the green onions and some of the green parts, saving some green for garnish, and stir everything together.

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