We were talking about fried rice recipes . . . I have a great one! It's not really a copycat recipe but a recipe which I found and combined with my fried rice recipe and I made it. OMG, it was so good. You MUST try it. I thought it was better than any Chinese place. Of course, keep in mind that you can use low sodium substitutes in any of these recipes if you need/want to.
~Fried Rice with Bacon~
Ingredients:
2 cups cooked white rice (best if the rice has sat in the fridge overnight).
4 slices of bacon/chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
2 eggs
1 large scallion
1/2 sweet onion, minced
1/2 red pepper, minced
1-1/2 tbs soy sauce
1 tsp molasses (I didn't have molasses, so I substituted maple syrup, and it came out delicious!)
1 tsp fresh minced ginger
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tsp dry mustard powder
white pepper to taste
Directions:
Mix soy sauce, molasses, ginger, garlic, and mustard powder in small bowl/set aside.
In cast iron skillet, rend bacon pieces until crisp.
Whisk 2 eggs in a small bowl/make a space in skillet and pour eggs in/let them spread out and cook like a fried egg.
Break up the egg into small pieces with your spatula or whatever/remove bacon and egg mixture to a bowl and set aside.
Add minced onion (if necessary add a little oil/there should be enough fat from the bacon)/saute until soft and translucent.
Add cooked rice to skillet with onion/cook until warmed through and broken up/starting to fry and sizzle.
Add soy sauce mixture and stir until well mixed.
Season with white pepper to taste.
Add scallion (green onion) at the end and toss.
You can add more soy sauce at the end to your desire if you need to.

Eat and enjoy. This is the best fried rice recipe I have had so far. Of course, you can substitute any kind of meat for the bacon, but I really liked it with the bacon.
Edit: I probably used a little more than 2 cups of rice. I also cooked my rice in chicken broth. I always do that because it makes it more flavorful. So do that.
