This recipe came about from stubbornness and determination (and possibly from fierce frugality). It was either find something edible for the pork cutlets in my freezer (that we all hate) or pitch ‘em. We have texture issues. 
I’m not one to pitch food if I can help it, so I turned to google Facebook for suggestions. You all never disappoint!
I’ve never in my life thought to cook my own fried rice, and truthfully have only eaten it a handful of times. What an easy, fun dish to throw together!
Pork Fried Rice
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 3 eggs
- 2 Tablespoons oil for frying
- 2 pork cutlets (or whatever meat you want to use, pork or otherwise)
- ¼cup diced onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 large carrot, grated
- 3-4 cups cooked rice
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
Melt butter in a large skillet. Beat 3 eggs. Scramble. Remove from the skillet and chop into little bits.
Cut pork cutlets (or other meat) into little pieces (even smaller than bite-sized). I made sure to do this while the meat was still partially frozen, and I used my kitchen shears
Add shredded carrot and peas. Cook and stir for a couple minutes. Add rice. Cook and stir until well combined and heated through, about 5 minutes. Add scrambled eggs. Pour soy sauce over the top. Stir until well combined.
*** Leftover rice is perfect for this recipe. Freshly cooked rice is a little too wet. If you need to cook your rice, do it as far in advance as possible, then freeze it for a while.
*** Fried rice is a fantastic “use what you have” meal. Leftover rice, bits and pieces of whatever veggies are in the fridge or freezer, chopped up leftover meat. It all works!
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Thanks for the link!
My family literally cheers when they see that we’re having fried rice for dinner!
YUM
my husband makes something similar after holidays when we have ham in the freezer, so delicious!
Awesome. I also have 2 pork cutlets in the freezer. Now I know what to do with them tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe. It will keep me out of the store, and that’s always a good thing!!!
You’re welcome! I’m thrilled to have found a way to fix them that we like.
Sounds great, and thanks for the mention!
I make fried rice all the time because my family loves it. It’s funny, when we splurge on the occasional Chinese take-out meal the fried rice doesn’t taste as good as homemade. I’m glad your family enjoys it. Like you said, such a great way to use up leftovers. 
I made this tonight as I had leftover grilled pork chops that I was having trouble deciding WHAT to do with.. it was delicious!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
~Wendy
Yay! Yes, it would be super good with leftover chops.
Yay! You conquered the pork cutlets! Lyle fixed them several ways and they were okay, but never anything I’d have asked to have again.
We’ll have to try this recipe with some odd bits of meat we’ve got.
Yes!!!!!! I was so excited, and so was Lance.
Truly, I was ready to pitch ‘em, but in little tiny bits it was actually really good! (PS — We were updating our Summer Fun list the other day… you’re still on there! It’s just too stinkin’ hot to get the baby out for much of anything during the day.)
Yay! So glad to come across this recipe in your weekly menu, Amy! My husband has repeatedly asked me to try making fried rice but I was always intimidated. But this looks like something I can do!! Can’t wait to try it!!
I couldn’t believe how easy it was. Cheap, too, since I use whatever leftover meat I have handy. Enjoy!
I just thought I’d mention real quick that someone suggested to me to use sesame seed oil as the frying oil. Oh my….it makes the rice taste nearly restaurant authentic. Try it and see! :0
I don’t know what made me think of it, but I grabbed my sesame oil one time and yes, it’s great! I was glad to find that out, because I bought that oil for one particular recipe and didn’t know what else I was going to do with it. ha!