Chinese sausage fried rice

A quick, tasty dish prepared in just a few minutes, Chinese sausage fried rice delivers a balanced smoky, savory & sweet taste.

Chinese sausage, the star ingredient of this recipe, refers to a type of sausage which originated from the province of Guang dong (Canton) in China. It’s commonly known as “Cantonese Lap cheong”. Made of pork and seasoned with rice wine, soy sauce, rose water, etc., lap cheong has a distinctive fragrance, smoky flavour and has a very pleasant sweet taste. It’s often used as a flavour component in stir-fry dishes. You can find Lap cheong on the chilled shelves in Chinese supermarkets (and in some Asian shops too).

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 stalk spring onion
1 red (or white) onion
1 green pepper ( use hot pepper if you like spicy food.  use bell pepper if you don’t like spicy food.)
2 Chinese sausages (aka Lap cheong)
400g / 14oz cooked rice

For the sauce
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce (see note 2)
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 pinch white pepper
1 pinch salt
2 teaspoons water

 

Direction:

Step 1:    Thinly slice Chinese sausage diagonally. Finely chop spring onion. Slice red onion and green pepper.    Mix all the ingredients for the sauce then set aside.

        

 

Step 2:    Heat oil in a wok (or a deep frying pan) over a medium heat.  Add the sausage and stir fry for 1 minute.   Add the spring onion, red onion and green pepper. Fry until fragrant.

    

Step 3:   Place in cooked rice. Stir constantly.  Pour in the sauce. Give everything a quick stir before dishing out.