Fried Rice...Dinner in under 10 minutes

I love Fried Rice...but here's a slightly healthier version than the stuff you pick up at your local takout joint.

Important...you have to cook the rice at least one day before you plan on making this. Whenever we have rice with a meal, I always cook 2x more than what we need and save the leftovers in a freezer bag in the refrigerator for fried rice.

This recipe should probably feed two people, maybe a little more. I never look at recipes...I just kind of make it up as I go...so I'm trying to figure out proportions!

Ingredients:

2 cups Cold Cooked Rice (anykind...but I like regular white long grain)
1 Rotisserie Store Bought Chicken (or you can use canned chicken...or whatever chicken/pork you have available)
1Tbs Soy Sauce (or to taste/color)
1/4 cup Carrots (chop this up in little pieces
1/3 cup Frozen Peas
1/4 cup finely chopped yellow onions (or scallions)
2 eggs (I prefer to use 1/2 cup of egg substitute like MorningStar "Better 'n Eggs" or Harris Teeter "EggStarts")
a little oil, spray, or butter for your frying pan

Instructions:

*have everything by the stove ready to go...carrots and onions chopped, peas measured, eggs cracked, and meat cut off bone (or can opened). This way nothing burns while your fidgeting to find or open something.
*Spray or Coat pan with oil and scramble eggs over medium high heat. While you scramble, take your spatula and chop the eggs while they cook.
*Add Rice and stir for a couple seconds and then add all the vegetables (carrots, peas and onions) along with the meat.
*Let this cook, stirring and flipping constantly, for about 5 minutes
*Add Soy Sauce and cook an additional minute

If you want plain egg fried rice, just omit the meat. That's what I usually do. You can also just add the meat after you cook it all. It's up to you :-) Be Creative.