A bowl or plate of rice cooked well with simple ingredients is a very satisfying meal.
Fried rice is one of those dishes that we home cooks are always trying to perfect. At the heart of Fried rice is day-old cooked rice or same day cooked and cooled rice tossed with soy sauce for seasoning and a bit of colour, some scallions/green onions and if available a couple of eggs. But sometimes we ourselves get in the way of cooking a dish by adding too many things to it.
I came across Soy Sauce Fried Rice several months ago when I visited a family blog I frequent. The parents live in Beijing while the 2 adult children live in the United States and travel back and forth to China. They stay connected through their food blog. The first time I made the fried rice I wrote to thank them for the sauce mix which is the star of the dish. Since then, I have been making the sauce and always have a bottle of it in the refrigerator. Apart from rice, it works great with noodles like Chow Mein and as a dip for Asian-style dumplings.