Beef Or Chicken Fried Rice (asian)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb beef or 1 lb chicken
• 3 cups cooked rice, chilled
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon red chile (crushed)
• 3 -4 dried red chilies
• 1/2 cup green onion
• 1/2 cup carrot
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 eggs

Recipe

• 1 slice beef or chicken breast into thin strips.
• 2 for the marinade; combine soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, one minced clove of garlic, and red chili.
• 3 marinate meat for several hours (over night is best).
• 4 thinly slice green onions and coarsely chop the green tops. separate, as they will go in at different times.
• 5 grate the carrots.
• 6 slice the dried chilies lengthwise.
• 7 scramble the eggs lightly in a bowl.
• 8 heat the oil in a wok or deep pan.
• 9 fry the eggs until set, remove and slice into strips.
• 10 add the garlic and sliced green onions ( part) and the sliced red chilies to the hot oil, sauté for a minute or so, then add the marinated meat, reserving the marinade (beef only). if you're cooking chicken, don't reserve the marinade; just add some soy sauce in its place later in the process.
• 11 stir fry the meat until cooked, and then remove.
• 12 add the chilled, cooked rice to the hot oil and stir fry until heated thoroughly.
• 13 add the meat, green onion tops, carrots, egg slices, and some or all of the the reserved marinade (or equal amount of soy sauce if you used chicken, about 1/4 cup).
• 14 stir fry until all is heated through.
• 15 serve immediately.