Sunday, March 28, 2010

What to do with leftover Chinese Takeout?

We love to order Chinese!  This Friday, Andy had a guys' night out, so my friend Leigh Anne and her daughter came over to hang with me and my kiddos.  We had a smasing time catching up and our children played nicely the whole night!  We ordered Chinese delivery for dinner.  I have found that when I order Chinese, I am always really hungry, so I order around two times as much as we really need.  This incidence was no exception.  We had enough Chinese for 2 meals plus some.  This is great news for What's for Leftovers readers.  Leftover Chinese, warmed up is adequate at best, but leftover Chinese re-worked is like a whole new, delicious meal.  My family loves it everytime!  This is a loosey goosey recipe as my mother would say.  Meaning, everybody's leftover Chinese will be a little bit different, as will be your quantities, but if you follow the general guidelines, it will turn out great every time!


Chinese Take-Out Fried Rice
Ingredients:
*Olive Oil
*Frozen Vegetables- Use 1/2 of a Bag to a Full Bag of Peas or Peas and Carrots
*1/2 Yellow Onion
*Meat- I had 1 and 1/2 Cups of 2 different kinds of Chicken
*Rice- I had 3 Cups of Fried.  It doesn't matter if it's Fried or White
*Any juices left at the bottom of your take-out boxes
*1/2 Cup Apple Juice
*1/8 Cup BBQ Sauce
*3 Packets Soy Sauce
*3 Packets Sweet n' Sour Sauce
* 1 Jumbo Egg or 2 Medium Eggs

1. Pour a thin layer of oil in a large frying pan.  Chop up Onion and Meat into bite-sized pieces. 
2. Heat oil.  When oil is hot, put onion and frozen veggies in frying pan. 
3. After 5 minutes, add meat, rice, juice left on the bottom of container and apple juice.  If you do not have any juice left on the bottom of the containers, add 1 cup of apple juice instead of 1/2 cup.  It's important for your rice to stay moist so it won't burn on the bottom of your frying pan.
4. Add BBQ Sauce, Soy Sauce, and Sweet n' Sour Sauce.  Mix all together.  Continue Cooking until everything is hot and onions are cooked.  Make sure your rice stays moist.  If is starts to dry out, add a little bit more apple juice or honey.
5.  After everything is cooked, make a well in the middle of your pan.  Crack your eggs into the well and scramble them.  Cook them completely, then mix in with your rice.  Enjoy, Chinese- part 2 with your family.  They'll never even know it's leftover!

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