Fried rice

Egg fried rice Around $1 a portion, and it turns leftover rice into the best thing on the table. Cold cooked rice is the point here, not a shortcut: it fries into separate, toasty grains instead of mush. A few eggs, a bag of frozen vegetables, garlic and soy sauce make a skillet for four, and a spoon of chili crisp or a drizzle of sesame oil makes it taste like takeout. Cook a double batch of rice earlier in the week and dinner takes about ten minutes.