Everyone in my family loves oriental food. I have two married daughters, two sons-in-law and eight grandkids and we ALL love Chinese, Szechuan, Japanese...you name it. We eat out, take out, and cook it at home. Over the years we have adopted and developed some tried and true family favorites and these are recipes that my daughters asked for as soon as they got married.

They are both so easy and almost fool-proof! Try them and call them yours...from my family to yours!

Ingredients:

• 3-4 slices of bacon cut in pieces
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2-3 Green Onions, sliced (use greens too)
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds
• 2 cups rice, cooked
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 2-3 teas Soy Sauce or to taste
• 1/2 teas seasoning salt

Directions:

Fry cut up bacon in electric skillet until crisp. Remove bacon pieces and keep 3 T of bacon fat in pan. Saute green onion until cooked slightly, push to side and add eggs and scramble. Add rice, almonds, bacon, sugar, salt and soy sauce and stir until well mixed. Cook on medium for another five to ten minutes, stirring often to preventing browning too much.

Serve with Chicken Vegetable Chow Mein and Spring Rolls. ((If you want to make your own spring rolls see video below)

Ingredients

• 2-3 chicken breast cut in strips
• 2 T Olive Oil or Sesame Oil
• 1 cup onion, thinly sliced
• 2 cups celery, thinly sliced
• 1 cup chicken bouillion (Dissolve 1 cube in 1 cup boiling water)
• 1- 8 oz Can Water Chestnuts
• 1 - 8 oz Can Bamboo Shoots
• 1 - 14 oz can Bean Sprouts
• 1 sm can mushrooms
• Salt, Pepper and Soy Sauce to taste
• 1 package dry Brown Gravy mix

Note: Broccoli, green or red pepper or zuchinni, can be added into the vegetable mix if desired.

Directions:

Lightly brown chicken strips in oil over medium heat in wok or skillet. Add onion and celery to pan and some Soy Sauce. Stir occasionally until onion and celery are crisp tender. Add water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts and mushrooms and stir veggies together. Add bouillion, cover, reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes. Stir brown gravy mix with 1 cup water, and pour into chicken and vegetable mixture.Cook over medium heat until gravy starts to thicken, stirring often. Add Salt, pepper and more Soy Sauce to Taste.

Serve over Crispy Chinese Noodles and Enjoy!