Chinese Recipe: Fried Rice, Deluxe Version

(Click the above to view 4 pictures. Best viewed with Internet Explorer 7.) Chinese fried rice, everyone's favorite rice dish needs no further introduction from me. As ubiquitous and simple as it is, there are probably dozens of fried rice recipes--plain, with chicken, shrimp, lap cheong (Chinese sausages), pork, beef, vegetables, kimchee, salted fish, eggs, or any combinations of the ingredients above and more. Regardless of the ingredients used, fried rice always pleases my palate and appetite. What I had for dinner tonight was a deluxe version of Chinese fried rice. I love Cantonese chicken and salted fish fried rice (咸鱼鸡粒炒饭), but I also wanted Chinese sausage/lap cheong and baby shrimps in it, hence I came out with this deluxe version of Chinese fried rice.... The best fried rice calls for overnight rice. If overnight rice is hard to come by in your household, here is what you can do and you don't have to wait a day and a night for your rice to turn into overnight rice. The next time you have takeout or eat out at Chinese/Asian restaurants, get an extra serving of steamed rice. Keep it in your fridge for a night, and the next day, your extra steamed rice becomes the perfect overnight rice that you can use to make fried rice. I "cheat" like this all the time...it's so convenient. Try this and I hope you will like it! Recipe: Chinese fried rice with chicken, shrimp, Chinese sausage (lap cheong) and salted fish Ingredients: 4 cups overnight rice 1 tablespoon fish sauce 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce 1/8 tablespoon salt 1/4 tablespoon sweet soy sauce (ABC Kecap Manis) 3 dashes white pepper powder 1 skinless and boneless chicken breast (cut into small cubes) 1 Chinese lap cheong/sausage (diced into small pieces) 1/2 cup baby shrimp 1/2 cup green peas 2 tablespoons cooking oil 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped) 2 eggs (light beaten) 1 small piece of salted fish (diced into small pieces) Method: Heat up a wok with two tablespoons of oil. Add salted fish and fry until aromatic, set aside. Using the same oil, saute the garlic until aromatic. Add in chicken, baby shrimp, Chinese sausage and peas and stir fry until they are half cooked. Season with salt and continue to stir-fry until they are 80% cooked. Add in the overnight rice and stir well with the ingredients. Add in soy sauce, fish sauce, sweet soy sauce, white pepper powder and continue to fry the rice for a couple of minutes. Make a "well" in the middle of the wok and pour the beaten eggs in the middle of the rice. Wait for 30 seconds and then cover the "egg well" with the rice. Leave it for 30 seconds and continue to stir-fry the rice so the eggs form small pieces and mix well with the rice. Add in the fried salted fish and do some quick stirs, dish out and serve hot.