My mom is filipina and for as long as I can remember, she used to make aMeRiCaN FRieD RiCe :o) Sound a little strange? It is so delicious and you can do anything you want when it comes to this, swap ingredients in and out, your choice.
My mothers' recipe called for bacon, hot dogs, eggs, rice and soy sauce. I added minced garlic, onions(sometimes green, mostly your everyday variety of yellow). You can change it to suit your tastes. Feel free to experiment with the meats, use ham if you like!
The only trick to fried rice is you have to use rice that has been sitting in the refrigerator for at least a day. The rice tends to separate faster (because the rice kernels have crystallized a bit) when you pre-separate it in preparation for the stir fry. If you try to use freshly cooked rice then it will definitely clump up and gunk up and YUCK! I also use jasmine rice for all my asian meals. I just love the way it smells and tastes. I have several different rice varieties in my pantry at any given time and jasmine is definitely my most consumed.
First you saute the bacon until it is done and then crumble it. Most of the time I precut the bacon, I find it cooks a bit faster and then the pieces are more uniform. Then I remove the bacon, set aside, along with most of the bacon grease in a separate bowl for disposal but I do leave a little grease to fry the hot dogs in. The hot dogs I precut into half and then quarters lengthwise and then cubes and toss in and fry till slightly crispy. I then remove that and take a couple of beaten eggs and add it to the skillet and I start moving the spatula around right away. It makes the eggs stay a little more separate so you don't have such large chunks of eggs. Once the eggs have just set, I add the chopped onions to the skillet and then the reserved hot dogs and bacon and some freshly minced garlic. Lastly I add the rice and lightly add a little soy sauce to season. I am not one for dousing rice with soy sauce and I always use lower sodium.
Here is a photo for your viewing pleasure! It does sound a bit strange but it's a great way to use up leftover rice. I hope you give it a try sometime, see if you like it!
(btw, my favorite fried rice is garlic fried rice and I get it from one of the local filipino restaurants in the area! I love it! The secret...use LOTS OF MINCED GARLIC!)
