Broccoli Beef and Ham Fried Rice

Maybe this should be 2 separate post, but I always make it together, so that's how i'll post it.  It gets a little over whelming making everything at once, so i like to have everything mixed/chopped/prepared, and ready to be cooked.

This is how many frying pans you need.

Broccoli Beef:

1lb Beef for stir fry, do not buy stew meat!

2 heads of broccoli

1 packet broccoli beef seasoning mix (we buy the sun-bird brand)

2 mushrooms

ground/powder ginger

1 garlic clove

soy sauce ( 2 thbs is needed in the seasoning mix)

oil for frying the meat

season mix prepared

Directions

Heat frying pan with oil and add in one clove of garlic chopped (low medium heat).

Sprinkle meat with ginger, wash and cut broccoli and mushrooms, prepare seasoning mix as directed.  Place meat in frying pan, stir so all sides get browned, about 10 mins. Steam broccoli in microwave.  Add seasoning mix to meat, it will be very thin. add in broccoli and mushrooms, cook for 5 more mins, or until sauce thickens.

when the sauce is first added and very thin

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Thickened sauce, and it's ready to eat!

Ham Fried Rice:

The secret to non-mushy ham fried rice is to let your rice cool completely before frying it.  I usually steam my rice in the morning, put it in the fridge and take it out hours later when i'm ready to cook.

2 cups rice, steamed, I use Jasmine rice, with this rice you do not add double the water, instead its 1.5 cups water to every 1 cup jasmine rice.

diced ham

6 eggs, scrambled

soy sauce

ground ginger

Directions:

heat large pan with oil, low medium heat. cook eggs, and set aside.  Place rice in hot pan, sprinkle ginger ontop and allow to sizzle while you stir it for 2-3 mins.  Create a hole in the center and add ham, let that cook for about a min, while stirring around, and eggs, and mix well.  Soy sauce is up to you and your taste buds, I put in just enough to see a color change in the rice, then allow each person to add soy sauce to there own plate, to their liking, you can always add more soy sauce, but you can't take it away once you add to much, i've done that before!!

rice with ginger ontop

add ham in the middle

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wala, it's done :)

time to eat!!!