Pork Fried Rice

This was great. I have never been able to make good fried rice and I think I found a great recipe to stick with. It did seem to be missing a little something, I think I might add a little garlic or something next time I make it, but it was wonderful just the same. I am a huge Pork Fried Rice junkie. I order it for lunch at least twice a week when I'm at work (the girl at the counter always laughs at me and asks if I want "my usual".) The best thing about this recipe is it has all the things I miss about fried rice I used to get in Minnesota. I have yet to find a recipe that adds anything more than peas, carrots and onions to it's fried rice here in Columbia Missouri. Thanks for the recipe, it's a keeper!

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Great as is, but I did make a couple of changes:

I added some garlic powder (not salt), bumped up the soy and used short grain Asian rice (CalRose style). I cooked the rice in my rice cooker and threw it into the freezer in a ziplock for an hour to cool it off. It probably could've been colder, but it worked.

As we're not huge bean sprouts and mushroom fans here in my house, I pan-sauteed diced finely-diced fresh carrots and chopped fresh broccoli.

The leftovers are completely gone, which is highly unusual in our home!

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few ingredients, easy, and good flavor - a great throw together meal with remnants in the cupboards!

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I made this last night for dinner and it was good, but I might have used too much oil because it was really greasy. Didn't have bean sprouts, so I subbed peas and carrots. Diced up a boneless pork chop and 1 was the perfect amount. Used the amount of soy sauce called for, but subbed cayenne pepper for 1/2 of the black pepper. Sprinkled it with garlic powder and about 1/2-1 teaspoon of chili sauce. Next time will cut back on the oil and add water chestnuts and try with beef and/or shrimp. Very good recipe. Thanks for sharing. I never have made a fried rice that tasted very good until now.

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Great recipe and really easy. After reading other reviews, I used sesame oil and added ginger. We're not big mushroom fans, so I substituted 1/2 cup peas and 1/2 cup water chestnuts. I added 1/2 cup of broccoli slaw and reduced the bean sprouts to 1/2 cup. Could have used a little more soy sauce, but we just added it at the table. Delicious recipe! Not a bite left!

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Multiple people have suggested something missing. The recipe is fine for midwestern "kinda" chinese fried rice, but not the real deal. Everything is pretty much okay accept missing two key ingrediants: 1) grated ginger; 2) sesame oil. Do not burn or scorch the latter. These flavors make a more authentic chinese fried rice. Also, if you like a deeper richness as do some, a bit of brown sauce will suffice.

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This was excellent! I used 1 1/2 cups total, of ham, beef, and chicken from previous meals. Followed the rest of the recipe exactly and we were delighted with the results. We'll be doing this again, for sure.

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Very tasty! Added a large carrot diced small and microwaved for 1 minute, 1/2 red bell pepper diced small, and 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar. I used a Chinese dark soy sauce. Definitely a keeper.

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Better than takeout!
I add 1/4 cabbage head, sliced carrots, garlic (3 cloves) 1 T of sesame seed oil and a touch of chili oil. LOVE the addition of bean sprouts. My son and I devour this! I look forward to making pork tenderloins knowing the next day this is what's for dinner.

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Great recipe! Made pretty much as directed but eyeballed the ingredients. My rice could have been colder but it did not impact on the taste. You have a winner here :)

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AWESOME! And so EASY! I made this exactly as written except I added green peas (thawed) instead of mushrooms. I love bean sprouts in my fried rice but to retain the somewhat crunchy texture I love, I only cooked them for about 3 minutes. The peanut oil and the cold cooked rice are KEY. The flavor is as good or better than any fried rice you can buy. Thank you Mizz Nezz...I have tried to make fried rice many times before but was never successful until I tried this recipe. My fiance and I fight over any leftovers!

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As the last review stated, the extra soya may be needed, But this is an excellent base recipe. For flavor's sake I suggest using bacon grease and/or sesame oil for the fat, and using diced fresh pork, seared in the fat instead of cold cooked meat. I also used fresh garlic, white onion, sesame seeds & red pepper flakes! But there are so many ways to make this tasty dish your own. Thank you so much for putting this up!

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Made this for the first time this weekend. I see where it is very important to use COLD rice for this. I did not cool it down enough and it was slightly gummy. It still tasted great. But I have to say the best thing about it was how it tasted the next day. MMMMMMM good! I will definitely do this again!!! Thanks for posting!

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This really was fabulous. I used frozen peas instead of bean sprouts and just regular onions. It could use more soy sauce when cooking. Next time I would probably add 1/3 cup of soy sauce instead of just the 3 tbsp... but you can also add the soy sauce to your own dish. My husband thought it was excellent also!

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Easy and tasty. I omitted bean sprouts and mushrooms because my nephew dosen't like them.

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Very good. I omitted the bean sprouts as I couldn't find them at the store this time. I will add them the next time though. My family really liked this, and although I used this as a side, I plan on making this as a main dish next time. thank you for sharing this yummy dish with us.

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very good recipie i will be serving it to my kids (3,7) tonight while dad is out a work. We had some left over porkchops from a night or two ago. I used a little beef oxo to give it a little bit more flavour. I used about a teaspoon and boiled it with the rice. yummy

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I have also had a hard time in the past making good fried rice. For whatever reason this turned out the best I've ever made, and beats quite a few I've BOUGHT. I added about a half cup of mixed veggies I had in the frig with the leftover pork roast I used in the recipe, otherwise made as directed.

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Had 2 leftover porkchops that needed to be used. This was easy to prepare and everyone liked it. I added water chestnuts

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It is a super way for leftovers to be used. Very good,thanks for posting. I did add some garlic as we are garlic lovers.

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