This recipe features the distinctive flavor of Chinese sausage, those thin, firm sausages with a sweet flavor.that are found in Chinese supermarkets and groceries. Since I didn't have leftover cooked rice on hand, I tried a trick recommended by television chef and restarauteur Ming Tsai: prepare a batch of fresh cooked rice, spread on a baking sheet and freeze for 25 - 30 minutes. The texture of the fried rice wasn't quite the same as days-old cooked rice, but it made a handy substitute.

Chinese Fried Rice Recipes:

• Fried Rice With Chinese Sausage

• Mama Choo Cha's Egg Fried Rice
• Shrimp Fried Rice
• More Fried Rice Recipes

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A Szechuan dish, Chengdu Chicken is named after the city of Chengdu, which is the capital of Szechuan province. The secret ingredients in this recipe are hot bean paste, made with fermented soybeans and crushed chilies, and Szechuan peppercorn. Both are available at Asian groceries. Serve Chengdu Chicken with stir-fried greens or a salad, and cooked rice.

In this simple stir-fry, green beans are combined with fresh mushrooms and seasoned with garlic, ginger and hoisin sauce. Traditionally, Chinese green bean dishes are made with Asian long beans - dark green beans that can grow up to three feet long. But you can use other types of green beans, including haricot verts and runner beans. This recipe for Chinese green beans would pair nicely with pork and cooked rice.

More Chinese Green Bean Recipes

• Szechuan Green Bean Recipe - uses longbeans
• Beef With Chinese Green Beans
• Chinese Green Beans With Pork - with Szechuan preserved vegetable

Curry chicken is a nice recipe for busy weeknights, with chicken breasts, onion, potatoes and carrots all cooked together in one dish. Feel free to use chicken thighs instead of breasts, and to replace the curry paste with 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons of curry powder if needed.