Category: Rice

Chinese-Style Fried Rice

By L. Weal on June 4, 2017March 29, 2020

I grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a stone’s throw from Chinatown so I’m kind of picky about my fried rice. Whenever my mom had a few extra bucks, she’d treat me and my siblings to dinner at a small restaurant there, off the beaten path. Sometimes the posted menu was in

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