Shrimp fried rice #1

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ pounds Shrimp
2 Eggs
1 cup Fresh mushroorns
1 Onion
1 Or
2 slices Fresh ginger root
4 cups Cold cooked rice
2 tablespoons Oil
2 Or
3 tablespoons Oil
1½ tablespoon Soy sauce
½ teaspoon Salt

Directions

1. Shell and devein shrimp. Beat eggs. Slice fresh mushrooms. Chop onion.

Mince ginger root.

2. Break up and separate the cold cooked rice, as in step 1 of "Simple Fried Rice".

3. Heat oil. Add ginger root and stir-fry a few times. Add shrimp; stir-fry until pinkish, then remove from pan.

4. Heat remaining oil. Add onion and mushrooms; stir-fry to soften slightly (about 2 minutes).

5. Add rice, soy sauce and salt and stir-fry to heat through.

6. Return shrimp; stir in only to reheat. Then fold in beaten eggs until they begin to set. Serve hot. VARIATIONS: 1. For the soy sauce, substitute oyster sauce.

2. For the raw shrimp, substitute cooked shrimp. Add in step 3, along with beaten eggs, and stir-fry 1 minute. Then remove from pan. Pick up steps 4 and

5. Return shrimp and eggs in step 6.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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