Recipe: Appetizing Taylor's Family Favorite Fried Rice

Taylor's Family Favorite Fried Rice. Great recipe for Taylor's Family Favorite Fried Rice. A friend gave me the secret of using a gourmet peanut oil to give that hint of flavor. Since it's so hard to know if you get a good flavorful oil, I added the peanut butter.

And no one will ever know, unless you tell them. This quick and easy Fried "Rice" recipe tastes like it just came from your favorite Chinese restaurant. Serve as a side or add cooked chicken, pork or shrimp for fast and easy main dish. You can have Taylor's Family Favorite Fried Rice using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Taylor's Family Favorite Fried Rice

1. You need of Fried Rice.
2. Prepare 5 cup of day old white rice. If you want to use fresh, use only white basmati.
3. It's 2 large of eggs, beaten.
4. Prepare 2 cup of frozen peas and carrots blend.
5. Prepare 5 tbsp of soy sauce, you may add more to your taste but dish may get salty.
6. You need 3 of green onions sliced on a bias.
7. It's 1/2 tsp of creamy peanut butter. Yes it does say peanut butter!.
8. You need 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
9. Prepare 1 cup of of either diced cooked chicken or pork, or 1 cup small cooked shrimp. These are optional..

Fried rice is a very savory and salty dish and I just love the little bursts of sweet and tart pineapple flavor to balance everything out. I find when I am cooking or eating at a restaurant, the best dishes have a little taste of everything - sweet, savory or umami, salty, bitter, and sour. See great recipes for Up scale taylor ham and cheese too! From the wings to the Philly cheesesteak and the house fried rice.

Taylor's Family Favorite Fried Rice step by step

1. Have previously cooked rice come to room temperature. The use of cooked rice leaves no stickiness or clumping to dish as fresh cooked rice would. Now due to the fluffier nature of basmati rice you can use this rice fresh. Make sure to fluff it up with a fork before using for recipe..
2. In large wok or stock pot, heat oil over medium heat..
3. Add in peanut butter and stir to distribute it in oil..
4. Add in onions and peas and carrots. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring it..
5. Push this mix to the side and add beaten eggs..
6. Scramble them in pan and once set, stir all together..
7. If using optional meat or shrimp, you would add them now..
8. Add in rice and soy sauce, always starting with 3 tablespoons . Taste after 3 to see your preference in flavor. I use 4-5 sometimes..
9. Once added, remove from heat and serve..
10. Recipe by taylor68too.

Being from Philly we are very particular when it comes to one of our hometown favorites. The house fried rice has beef, chicken and shrimp in it and was very tasty.. The delicious sweet and savory combination of pineapple, ham, peas, green onion, and eggs quickly wok-fried with rice is a sure-fire family favorite. Start with leftover cold rice for a super quick weeknight meal. My first attempt ever at fried rice and it was really good.