Think of this fried rice recipe as a template, not a dictum. If you don’t have beef jerky on hand, use leftover short ribs or spareribs, try some Chinese sausage, or skip the meat altogether.

For a quick meal, you can skip the pan-frying step - serve the rice after ... mixture is pan-fried, to give it a brown, crunchy crust. This dish uses lap cheung (wind-dried sausage), yuen cheung ...

That story and the recipe are reprinted here: If anybody knows how to make Chinese fried rice it's Regina Mark, owner of Mee Sum Restaurant at 1819 S. Main St. with her husband Kenneth.

traditional chinese fried rice in a white bowl on a table cloth - Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock If you have ever wondered how to get your homemade Chinese fried rice as tasty as your favorite ...

You don’t want to pause in the middle of cooking to cut Chinese sausage or defrost peas. If you do, you will lose heat and end up with a sticky fried rice rather than a nice fluffy one.