Seet's Kitchen : Fried Rice Version 1.0

It was actually quite awhile back when I first cooked this fried rice over here in Australia and guess what, my landlady LOVED IT! She loved it so much that she made me cook it again the next day. Here's a simple recipe for fried rice.

Long beans are a good substitute for peas (especially if you hate them.) and I think fresh beans are always better than frozen vegetables. Well, IN MY OPINION. =D

Get a nice bunch of them and chop them into 1cm bits like the picture above. I think we have a bean surplus!

Never forget the all important day-old rice! Without it, HOW CAN YOU HAVE FRIED RICE?! ^^

Nice fresh sticks of carrots cubed. Strikingly orange in this shot! Remind me to alter the photo settings next time.

More than enough vegetables to feed the whole Africa.

This isn't necessary but it's always good to add some lap cheong for fried rice. It always magically brings out more flavour and aroma! Totally wonderful stuff. Soak it in water and make sure you tear the outer skin off. =)

That's Craig, my housemate. He insisted on getting a chance to slice the lap cheong. He's a virgin cooker by the way. Kekeke.

Heat up some oil in the pan and once, you THINK it's hot... (HAHA), throw in some chopped garlic. It adds in wonderful flavour, that garlic! Don't fry them until they get burnt though because it will otherwise give your rice a sort of burnt flavour. In comes the lap cheong or any meat you have. Got to get that ones cooked. Then, add the vegetables in. Stir them around the wok abit. AND RICE COMES AVALANCHING IN! =D
Give everything a good mix. Try to get those vegetables that are residing at the bottom. Add some soy sauce all around. Don't be afraid to cover the rice with it. Just go all over. I usually like to add dark soy sauce after that. It can be savoury or sweet dark soy sauce, it doesn't matter because they both work great. Add it to taste and try to get the colour of your rice to be even just for aesthetics sake. Crack an egg or two in. Get it to fry first and scramble it all up with rice later so that the rice doesn't get soggy.
Add a dash of pepper. Fry somemore....

and VOILA! You have Fried Rice Version 1.0.

Hopefully, there will be many more versions to come. Enjoy! ^^