My First Fried Rice!

Last night, I was just CRAVING fried rice...and I never crave fried rice.  In an Asian household, fried rice is like a frozen dinner you eat when you don't feel like cooking.  So after a quick pep talk with my mom on the phone, I honed the Asian in me and made my first fried rice!  I used ingredients we already had in the fridge...Next time I definitely have to buy some Chinese sausage because it's just not the same without it.  Nonetheless, this fried rice turned out pretty well!  The wok does most of the work for you.  Hooray! :)

Fried Rice

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups cooked white rice
• 2 scallions, white and light green parts chopped
• 1 1/2 cup chopped baby bok choy 
• 2/3 cup cooked sausage, diced
• 4 tablespoons white onion, finely diced
• 2 eggs
• kosher salt 
• freshly ground pepper
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more as needed

DIRECTIONS:

1. In a small bowl, add the eggs and stir in 2 tablespoons of tap water.  
2. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in the wok over medium-high heat.  Add the egg mixture and cook the eggs until they are almost cooked through (scrambled eggs).  Set aside in a small bowl for later.
3. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil.  Add the scallions, sausage, onions, and rice.  Continue mixing and stirring the ingredients for 3-4 minutes.  Add the bok choy and 2 more tablespoons olive oil.  Season with salt and pepper each time you add the ingredients.  Cook the ingredients for 2 minutes, and then add the scrambled eggs.  Stir together for another minutes.  Serve immediately.

*You may also sub in frozen peas for the baby bok choy.  Just heat them in the microwave until they are cooked and add them to the wok when you would have added the bok choy.

-Alyssa