Fresh Fried Rice

Tonight for dinner I made fried rice. I love fried rice, and so do my kids. It's easy, tasty, and it's Chinese, which is a bonus because Chainwhip always wants me to cook more Chinese.

Traditionally, fried rice is made with leftovers. Leftover rice, leftover meat and leftover veggies. I typically make it with at least leftover rice and maybe leftover meat, but rarely leftover veggies. Tonight though, I didn't make it with leftover anything. It was fresh fried rice. And every time I make fresh fried rice, I feel a little guilty.

Is that odd? Why would I feel guilty for making a new pot of rice for fried rice?

But I do. Feel guilty. Like I cheated the fried rice.

Here's the quickie recipe for the fried rice I made tonight. Sorry, no pictures and no measurements.

Fresh Fried Rice

short grain rice (Yah, no purist talk. This is what I have unless you want brown fried rice, ick.)
water
frozen mixed veggies
2 garlic chicken sausages
2 skinny green onions
oil
1 egg, shaken not stirred (j/k... just mix it)
light soy sauce
sesame oil
salt

1. Cook your rice with enough time to let it cool and dry off a bit. Oh, use the water to cook your rice. haha.
2. Microwave steam your veggies in a bowl with a little bit of water. Today was the first time I opted for the microwave route, and it turned out fine.
3. Chop your sausages into small pieces. Chop your green onions in to really really small pieces.
4. Dribble some oil into your medium-high but not smokin' pan. Fry your sausages in the oil. This will flavor your oil. I usually use chopped garlic, but heck, my sausages had garlic in them. I also like to fry with bacon - of course then you won't need the oil.
5. Take out your sausages but leave the oil in the pan.
6. Loosen your rice, which should now be warm and no longer steamy, then dump it into your pan. Stir it a bit until the rice is steamy again.
7. Pour your beaten egg over the rice and stir the rice to cook the egg. I learned this from Iron Chef Chen Kenichi.
8. Dump in your microwaved, drained veggies and fried sausages. Stir to incorporate. Sounds so cook-book-y.
9. Dribble in some light soy sauce and a bit of sesame oil for flavor. Taste and add salt if it needs a kick because too much soy sauce will kill your fresh fried rice.
10. Turn off your heat and stir in your green onions.

Yum yum fresh fried rice.