Mama Ly’s Fried Rice

A lot of families have a signature fried rice recipe, but in my house, we have two—one for each of my parents. My dad’s take on fried rice is a classic Chinese-style fried rice, flavored with Maggi seasoning and finished off with chopped Chinese sausage (lap cheong in Chinese, and lạp xưởng in Vietnamese). It’s a quick-and-easy dish and one of my favorites that he made for me growing up. My mom, never one to turn away from a bit of healthy competition, wanted to make her own fried rice reci