BBQ Fried Rice with Lap Cheong

Fried rice is one of the first dishes I learned how to make. There are no definitive ingredients needed to make Chinese fried rice, except for rice and eggs. The ingredient list is so fluid that I literally throw whatever I have in the refrigerator in there, and I end up with a tasty dish! But there are a couple basic principles. First, the rice needs to be a little on the dry side, preferably day-old rice. Second, you need to have wok hei, which in Cantonese translates to “breath