This is a very versatile dish, quickly made in a wok or large fry pan. It can use many of the vegetables you have in your crisper along with whatever meat you have handy. Meat can include leftover ...

Chinese fried rice is typically loaded with diced carrots, peas, corn, and protein like fluffy scrambled eggs and pork belly. Shrimp, chicken, Spam, and tofu are also popular, as is char siu ...

Fried rice can be served on its own or as part of a Chinese meal. I like to use a 14-inch flat-bottomed wok, which allows the ingredients to heat up quickly and evenly without overcooking.

In 'Chinese Menu' (Little, Brown, Sept., ages 8–12), Newbery and Caldecott Honoree Grace Lin details the origins of the most familiar dishes in American Chinese restaurants.

“As a chef, I will never make egg fried rice again,” Wang Gang, a celebrity chef with more than 10 million online fans, pledged in a video message on Monday.

Chef Rachel Yang of Joule and Revel in Seattle prefers lightly chilled medium-grain rice for her fried rice for its lower starch content. “Medium-grain doesn't release too much starch while ...