Fried Rice

From: Gina Rivera

On Apr 29, 2008

I have made this a few times and my small (3 person) family loved it, but it was really a shining star at a Boy Scout campout feeding 100 people. All of the women were trying to find out who made the rice. My dish is the only dish that was empty. It is so easy to play around with the ingredients. You can add anything that you choose. it is really easy and wonderful to eat. Thanks for the recipe!!!

From: Sari #2

On Apr 29, 2008

AMAZING recipe!!! very well written, easy to follow and tastes are wonderful!!! i didn't use any meats or shrimp... I just made it as a side dish to some yummy sticky chicken. Everyone in the family wants me to make this again!!! thanks for the great recipe!

From: Peter Pan

On Apr 13, 2002

Oriental Fried Rice is equivalent to the Western casserole. My parents are oriental, and the ingredients that go into their fried rice would be whatever leftover from the previous nights. This recipe, in my opinion, is excellent. The secret to a successful fried rice dish is to use leftover rice, since it is less sticky and easier to manipulate.

From: HeatherFeather

On Jan 21, 2002

What a great way to use up little bits of leftover ingredients! I was looking for a recipe that would use up a small amount of leftover meat and rice and this fit the bill perfectly. This was very quick, easy, inexpensive, and tasty. This was indeed nothing like Asian style fried rice - this has a completely different taste. My family enjoyed this very much and we will make this again. The only changes I would make would be to decrease the amount of butter - I halved the butter and still felt I could have used nonstick butter flavor spray instead. I also thought the amount of soy sauce made this a little bit too salty - I would either reduce the amount or use lower sodium soy sauce. I suspect that the author perhaps eyeballs his soy sauce as he adds it to the rice - he instructs you to add soy sauce until the rice turns brown (so maybe he guessed approximately 1/4 cup and it is actually less?) Anyway, I still thought is was a very good family dish.