Ham Fried Rice
This delicious ham fried rice is flavored with oyster sauce, sesame seed oil and hoisin sauce. This is a great way to use up leftover rice.
Servings: 4 -6 servings
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
- 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 cup yellow onion, small dice
- 2 medium carrots, diced
- 3/4 cup diced ham (I used a small portion of a ham steak.)
- 3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup frozen green peas
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 4 cups cold cooked brown jasmine rice (white rice is also fine) (Please see "Notes" below.)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together the oyster sauce, sesame seed oil, and hoisin sauce. Set aside.
- Break up cold rice with a spoon, spatula, or your clean hands. Set rice aside.
- Heat a wok pan to hot over high heat. Carefully add the peanut oil and tilt wok so that the oil covers the interior sides and bottom of the wok.
- Add the onions, carrots and ham. Quickly stir fry for 2 minutes. Lower heat a little if necessary. Add the garlic and continue to stir fry for an additional minute. Add the frozen peas and stir to distribute evenly.
- Pour the beaten eggs over the vegetable and ham mixture. Stir fry ingredients just until eggs are set. Add the rice and continue to stir fry until rice is heated through.
- Pour the sauce mixture over the rice mixture. Stir fry until the sauce mixture is evenly distributed and rice is hot.
- Serve immediately. Some guests may want to add additional sauces or oils. Suggested: soy sauce, oyster sauce, or sesame seed oil. Additional hoisin sauce may not work well because it is sweet.
Notes
Freshly cooked rice does not hold up well when using for fried rice. For the best outcome, the rice should be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated. Just prior to using for fried rice, remove from refrigerator and break up rice clumps with a spoon, spatula, or your clean hands.
Substitutions. The ham can be replaced with chicken or shrimp.