As with every recipe for fried rice, start with cold (or at least room temperature) cooked rice. It doesn’t work with rice hot out of the cooker, which becomes heavy and stodgy when stir-fried.

I take a pretty freewheeling approach to making fried rice – I look to see what’s ... for another dish.) Slice the Chinese kale stem into rounds about 5mm ( ¼in) thick.

THERE is something special about the fried rice served for Chinese New Year that gets everyone talking at the table.

All images courtesy of Two Kids ... It's my go to when ordering Chinese take out, and I make it often at home as well. Fried rice is a great way to use up leftovers. You can easily customize ...