Ham & Bacon Fried Rice

This is amazing, tremendous, spectacular yumminess. If I do say so myself. My family loves, loves, loves Chinese food, particularly fried rice. This is pretty good. There are some small steps to do in the process but its not really hard.

Here's what I do: You can easily half this. I make this much because you know with the Sasquatches here and all.


1 package center cut bacon, sliced into small pieces. (If you don't buy center cut then trim the fatty ends off the bacon and toss them in the trash. We don't want tons of bacon grease.)

1 ham steak, cubed ( I trim all the fat off so that it is just lean meat.)
3 stalks of celery thin chop
1 large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
4 eggs beaten
couple pinch of black pepper
8 cups cooked (white or brown)  rice, cooled (I make mine the day before and leave in the fridge one night to let it dry out. It makes a difference the the texture of your fried rice. Now if I use brown rice I can cool it and use it the same day if I have too. It will work better than fresh cooked white rice. It doesn't have to sit over night and dry out like white rice does.)

2 Tbl. light soy sauce (this isn't light in salt. This is the regular soy sauce we are all use to using.)
2 Tbl. dark soy sauce (This is a thicker, darker, richer soy sauce. It does make a difference in the taste. I would not skip making this if you don't have it but if you can find it do. It helps give the rice that authentic taste. I order mine off of Amazon as no grocery stores near me carry it.)
1 Tbl. Fish sauce (most large grocery stores carry this in the Asian section.)
1/2 C fine chop green onion

Now we have to do some prep cooking first.
Heat your wok/large pan add 1 Tbl. oil (I use grapeseed oil)  Add your beaten eggs and stir fry them till they are done but still soft. Remove to a bowl (I just wash the bowl I beat them in and put them in there.) Next fry the bacon the the wok. When the bacon is crisp and done remove with a slotted spoon to a bowl or plate with paper towels to drain. Next, pour off the bacon grease and dispose of it. Don't wipe out the pan.
 Now add the cubed ham and stir fry till it has heated up and released the liquid in it (ham has a lot of liquid in it and releases it when you fry it. You don't want all that ham juice/water in your rice) Remove to a bowl with a slotted spoon and pour off the liquid as we wont use this.

Next, add the onion to the wok and stir fry till it is crisp tender and remove to a bowl
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Next, add the chopped celery and stir fry till it is crisp tender and remove to a bowl.

Now we have done all the ingredient prep we need to before we stir fry the rice.

Add 2Tbl. oil to the hot wok and add  the garlic and stir briskly (we don't want to burn the garlic) and then add the rice. Start to stir it around and get it heated through and moistened with the oil. When the rice is hot add the bacon, ham, celery and stir and heat through. Add 2 Tbl. regular soy sauce and 2 Tbl. dark soy sauce, 1 Tbl. fish sauce and stir together. Continue to mix and heat everything up. Next add  eggs and break them up and stir fry into the rice mixture. Now add  the green onion and pinch or two of black pepper and again stir and mix together. Remove to a large bowl.

If you half the recipe remember to half the soy sauces and fish sauce or it will be tooooooo strong. Remember you can always add more but can't take it out. 

 Don't be afraid to try it. Its very good and once you get the hang of some of the prep its pretty quick and easy.
Enjoy!