Fried rice is one of my favorite dishes, like mac & cheese, its something that's better when varied upon. Here's my basic recipe based on one from Help! My Apartment Has A Kitchen

1 Large Egg
1 Tbsp Water
1 Tbsp Butter (I usually just use olive oil)
1 Med Onion (Sometimes we add green onion)
1 tsp Peanut Oil (Again, we usually substitute olive oil)
2 cups cold cooked rice (a little bit drier than you'd normally eat it)
2 tsp soy sauce
black pepper
sesame oil

Beat egg with water. Melt butter in non-stick skillet, add egg and cook without stirring (you want this a thin, flat sheet). Remove from pan, shred and put aside. In a wok over high heat, sweat the onion in peanut oil until just starting to soften, add rice, soy, and pepper. Cook about 5 minutes stirring constantly. Add shredded egg and sesame oil. Serve Hot.

We frequently add some peas and occasionally some meat or spices. Tonight we added the leftover salmon burgers, crumbled after the onion was just starting to soften, we stirred this together and got it warmed up before adding the rice. We use brown rice for almost everything anymore. It has a lot more flavor, and is better for us too. (Minute Rice is okay for some recipies, but doesn't qualify as real food in our book.) We also tend to double or triple the recipie (do the egg in batches or it won't cook right) so that we have plenty for lunches.

An interesting thing about this recipie is that Nicole can't make it. She's tried, it just doesn't work. Some people can't see green, Nicole can't cook fried rice. Oh well.