Ham Fried Rice

Seems like I always have a little extra rice after I make a meal or I buy a huge Ham (like I did yesterday..We had ham dinner and I bought an 8 pound ham for just 2 of us, so getting creative and having some different meals with left over ham is so exciting). I LOVE ham fried rice and this is my Mom’s recipe and it is FANTASTIC, great with those pot stickers you get at Costco!

Ham Fried Rice Ingredients

2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil

2 cups of rice/4 cups of water in rice cooker----- You want the rice to be cold so cook it 2 or 3 hours before you start or if you have left over rice that is great (4 C cold rice)

1 small onion

3 green onions chopped

1 1/2 C chopped ham

5 eggs (scrambled small)

salt and pepper to taste

1 cup of frozen peas

Sauce for Ham Fried Rice:

1 teaspoon of garlic

1/2 cup of brown sugar

1 cup of soy sauce

2 T olive oil, divided

1/4 teaspoon of Powered Ginger

Put all ingredients together and stir for a good minute

DIRECTIONS

1. Chop your onion and ham (I cut ham into chuncks but not to big).

2. Heat up a large skillet and add 1 T olive oil, onion and ham, saute until ham starts to turn slightly brown

3. Add another 1 T olive oil to veggie and ham mixture then add cold rice

Stir well to incorporate all of the ingredients together since the rice is cold it will take a while to get the clumps out.

Add soy sauce mixture a little at at time it should look dry the more you stir the more the white rice will turn lightly brown, then add frozen peas and Stir and cook until all of the rice is heated through and starts to brown just a bit or the peas are warmed.

4. Add scrambled egg and chop to small pieces, keep on warm for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

5. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the green onions. Serve and enjoy!