Yangzhou Fried Rice
— Carol Wolf, China adoptive parent

Ingredients
6 cups cooked rice   
2 tablespoons peanut or safflower oil
1 teaspoon peanut or safflower oil   
6 eggs
4 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
4 teaspoons minced fresh garlic
2 cups Chinese barbecued pork (found in Asian markets or bakeries)
8 ounces cooked, peeled shrimp
6 green onions
pinch of white pepper

Sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons Chinese rice wine
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 pinches white pepper


1. Cook the rice.
2. Cut shrimp into ¼-inch pieces.
3. Cut pork into 1/3-inch pieces.
4. Cut green onions into fine slices.
5. Beat the eggs. Add a pinch of white pepper to eggs.
6. Heat wok over high heat for 10 seconds. Add 1 teaspoon oil to wok and coat wok.
7. Add beaten eggs to wok and scramble until medium soft.
8. Turn off heat and cut eggs into small pieces.
9. Remove eggs from wok. Scrape excess egg from wok.
10. Combine all sauce ingredients in a bowl and save.
11.Turn heat to high under wok. Add 2 tablespoons oil to wok and coat. Wait 20 seconds.
12. Add ginger and stir briefly.
13. Add garlic and stir.
14. When garlic starts to turn golden, add pork. Cook, stirring for 1 minute, if making vegetable fried rice, add vegetables here.
15. Add cooked rice. Stir for 2 minutes.
16. Add shrimp. Stir well.
17. Stir in sauce. Mix well.
18. Reduce heat to low. Stir and make sure the rice is brown.
19. Add scrambled egg to rice. Mix well.
20. Add green onion to rice. Mix well.
21. Turn off heat and transfer rice to bowl. Enjoy!