Name: Yangzhou Fried Rice
Yield: Serves 2 as a main dish or 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2½ tablespoons oil; 3 large eggs, beaten and seasoned with a pinch of salt; 3 cups (500 g) overnight steamed white rice; 3 cloves garlic, minced; ½ cup (80 g) store-bought frozen peas and carrots; 5 oz (150 g) ham, diced; Salt, to taste; 1½ tablespoons fish sauce; ½ tablespoon soy sauce; ¼ teaspoon sesame oil; 3 dashes white pepper

Preparation info

Serves
2
as a main dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Easy Chinese Recipes

By Bee Yinn Low

Published 2011

About

My earliest memories of Yangzhou Fried Rice came from the many Chinese banquets I attended while I was in Malaysia. Yangzhou Fried Rice would always be served towards the end of the multicourse banquet, usually as the 7^th course, right before the dessert. By the time it was served, most guests would be quite stuffed and usually, they would not even touch it. I loved Yangzhou Fried Rice, especially the diced ham—they were like little treasures buried in the rice. I would be