Rice Partially Cooked With Subgum Food

SUBGUM FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Separate rice with fork. In small bowl, with rotary beater, beat eggs slightly with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in medium skillet. Pour in eggs. Over high heat, scramble eggs, pushing them with a flat metal spatula to keep from stick- ing. Cook just until set and no longer runny. Set aside. In remaining hot oil in large skillet, saute scal- lion 1 minute; add rice. Fry, stirring quickly with flat metal spatula, until heated through.. Add chicken, ham, peas, rest of salt, and the pepper. Heat; stir in eggs with fork. Sprinkle with soy sauce. Note: Cook 1 cup converted raw white rice as package label directs. Refrigerate overnight.Makes 6 to 8 servings.

SUBGUM FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil in uncovered wok at 325 degrees. Add onion; stir-fry 30 seconds.
• Add next 3 ingredients; stir-fry 1 minute. Push to one side of wok; add eggs; ; scramble; cut apart with spatula; mix with other ingredients.
• Add rice and soy sauce; stir-fry to mix and heat through, about 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

RICE-PARTIALLY COOKED, WITH SUBGUM

Steps:

• TOPPING:Shred pork. Combine cornstarch, salt, soy sauce and sherry add to pork and toss to coat. Cut sausages in small pieces. Shell peas. RICE:1. Wash rice thoroughly (see HOW-TO, _Rice: To wash), then spread evenly along the bottom of a saucepan. 2. Add the desired quantity of cold water for each cup of rice. (Let rice and water sit covered in pan for 30 minutes before cooking. This softens the rice, but can be omitted.) 3. Bring rice to a boil over 3/4 flame. Boil covered 3 minutes. Reduce flame to 1/2. Boil 2 minutes more, or until most of the liquid is absorbed. (At this point, before the water is completely absorbed, some cooks stir the rice gently from the bottom up so that it will cook more evenly and have less tendency to burn on the bottom. If some rice sticks to the sides of the pot during this stirring, just scrape it down.) 4. Arrange topping mixture over rice and cook, covered, over low heat until rice is done (15 to 20 minutes). Let stand, covered, 10 to 15 minutes more. Before serving, sprinkle with oyster sauce and garnish with egg threads (see HOW-TO, _Egg Threads: To prepare) and minced scallion. NOTE: The topping is cooked as the rice itself steams. Both rice and topping may be stirred together after, but not during, cooking. The rice will stick to the bottom of the pan if stirred too soon.The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.