What to do with rice leftovers? Fried Rice

If there's one thing I hate in life, it's throwing out a perfectly good dish because we've gotten bored of eating the same thing. Every time I toss rice that's been stared at for too long, a little part of me feels sad. So I decided to seek out the best ways to use leftover rice, one I came across was easy fried rice so I figured, why not? What Jewish doesn't like a good Chinese dish? 

Ingredients:

Onion or 2 Scallions

Garlic

1 Egg (or more if desired)

Canola or vegetable Oil (due to the smoke point, you shouldn't use EVOO)

1 cup mixed frozen veggies

1-2 cups day old, cold rice

3 tablespoons lite soy sauce

3 tablespoons water

Heat up the wok (Thanks to my sister in law for getting me a wok because I definitely wouldn't have bought it myself) and make sure to add 1 tablespoon of oil when it's pretty hot. To test, add a drop of water, should jump when the pot is hot enough. Saute the garlic and scallions/onions (for the image, I didn't have any scallions, so I used onion instead). *However, I've used both and it comes out pretty good*

Once the onion/scallion and garlic mix are nice and golden, throw in an egg or two (we like eggs around here so we add two) vigorously mix until the eggs break up and have a nice golden brown crust. 

Add a tablespoon of oil and toss in veggies, if you'd like to throw in fresh broccoli then I suggest doing it once the veggies and mostly cooked through to not over cook the broccoli. 

Then add two tablespoons oil and throw in the cold, day old rice. The reason they suggest not using fresh rice is because the rice will be too tender, older rice that's cold will hold up to all the stirring and mixing and won't turn into a pate. 

You want to mix in a small bowl the 3 tbsp soy sauce and water, it's recommended to mix it separately to so don't throw it into the rice before mixing the sauce together. 

Then mix well and let the sauce nicely coat up all the rice and serve.