Shrimp Fried Rice

Shrimp (Enough)
Onion (1 each)
Eggs (3 each)
Celery (2 Stalks)
Peas (.5 Cup)
Rice (Old)
Soy Sauce (.25 Cup)
Sugar (2 Tablespoon)
Sherry (Enough)
Garlic (3 Cloves)
Ginger (Fresh)
Bean Sprouts (.25 Cup)
Oil (Enough)
Green Onion or Scallion (.5 Bunch)

Oil > Onion > Celery > Ginger/Garlic/Scallion > Shrimp > Sherry > Eggs > Peas >  Rice >
Soy Sauce/Sugar > Sprouts > Smile.

Above is more of a technique than a recipe. Substitute or omit any of the items, it is now your dish, so own it.  It is our goal at YoBreaux Receipts to help people think about food, as opposed to just regurgitating memorized ingredients in chronological order.  Fried rice is pretty much the Jambalya of the Orient, using leftover rice and whatever else might be lying around to create a healthy well balanced meal (or amazing side dish).  It is important to have all of the ingredients prepared before you start cooking, because the cooking time should be around five to seven minutes.  Here we go.

PREP
Peel the ginger and garlic.  Cut the scallions, then make a small pile and chop the ginger, garlic, and scallion until it is a fragrant pile of goodness.  Cut the onion and celery into bite-size pieces, keeping in mind that the ingredients must fit onto a spoon or fork in each bite. Crack the eggs into a bowl, and whip like scrambled eggs.  Peel shrimp.

COOK 
Heat oil in a skillet until it begins to smoke.  Add the onion, stir.  Add the celery, stir.  Add ginger/garlic/scallion, stir.  Add the shrimp, toss or stir.  Pour enough sherry to cover the bottom, and let the alcohol cook out. Add the egg, stir and scramble.  Add the peas, stir.  Add the rice, and stir to combine all of the ingredients well.  Mash the rice on the bottom, and let sit until you start to hear little cracking sounds (Fried rice, usually requires some rice to be fried).  Remove the pan from the heat, add the sprouts and combine until well mixed.  You have just made fried-rice, amazing.

The dish can be eaten alone, but tastes better paired with conversation.  If a mistake is made, relax, and then try again.  Eventually it will become easy, we promise.


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