HAM FRIED RICE

• 4 cups cooked rice (2 cups raw)
• 1/4 lb ham cut into 1/8 inch cubes
• 2 stalks of green onion chopped (separate the green and the white parts)
• soy sauce to taste (Golden Mountain)
• oyster sauce to taste (Lee Kum Lee Panda brand)
• 1/8 tsp sesame oil
• 2 eggs (mixed)
• frozen pea and carrot mix
• 4 Tbsp vegetable oil

Heat 1 Tbsp oil at high heat.  Add egg and cook like an omelet until done.  Seat aside and cut into cubes.  Heat remaining oil.  Add white part of onion.  Fry until barely brown.  Stir in following order (and stir between each addition): ham, peas and carrots, rice, soy sauce, oyster sauce, eggs, green part of onion and pepper.  Stir for another 5 minutes.  Final touch with sesame oil.

*For shrimp lovers, add 1/2 lb fresh shrimp before ham and cook 3 min until done before adding the rest of the ingredients.

-Tricia Ware