Fried Rice--A Basic Recipe

From: About.com: Chinese Food
Servings: 4-6 
This is a basic recipe for fried rice that you can add to as desired.  If adding other ingredients, increase the number of eggs to 3.

Ingredients:

• 1-2 green onions, as desired
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Pepper to taste
• 4 tablespoons oil for stir-frying, or as needed
• 4 cups cold cooked rice
• 1-2 tablespoons light soy sauce or oyster sauce, as desired

Directions:

1. Wash and finely chop the green onion.  Lightly beat the eggs with the salt and pepper.
2. Heat a wok or frying pan and add 2 tablespoons oil.  When the oil is hot, add the eggs.  Cook, stirring, until they are lightly scrambled but not too dry.  Remove the eggs and clean out the pan.
3. Add 2 tablespoons oil.  Add the rice.  Stir-fry for a few minutes, using chopsticks or a wooden spoon to break it apart.  Stir in the soy sauce or oyster sauce as desired.
4. When the rice is heated through, add the scrambled egg back into the pan.  Mix thoroughly.  Stir in the green onion.  Serve hot.

I feel so pathetic that every time I want to eat fried rice that I have to Google how to do it.  Seriously!  How sad is that?  Well, regardless of how pathetic I am, I really like this recipe for its simplicity.  Once the rice is cooked it takes less than 10 minutes to cook.  I like to add in vegetables to the fried rice and I've only ever used soy sauce--I don't know that I've ever even eaten oyster sauce.