PohPoh's Fried Rice

PohPoh's Fried Rice (Poh Poh is grandma in Cantonese)
1 can of Spam/Luncheon meat, cut into 1 cm cubes (optional)
1 cup cooked day old rice (the long grained Jasmine or Basmati rice works, why day old? Because it's drier and soaks up more flavor while cooking and doesn't become mush in the pan)
1 stalk of fresh chives, chopped coarsely (optional)
4 pieces of garlic, chopped finely
1 egg (optional, some people don't like egg)
2 tbsp soy sauce
Salt and Pepper to taste

1. Fry the Spam cubes in a pan until crispy, scoop out the cubes and lay them on a paper towel to soak up the extra oil. Don't toss the oil in the pan out!.
2. In a wok or large, deep frying pan, heat the Spam oil (and if the oil isn't enough, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil) at high heat and the chopped garlic. This part gets tricky as you have to do everything very fast or it overcooks!
3. When the garlic is browned (gives out an aroma) add the cooked rice and mess it all up with the garlic and oil, then push it aside in the pan to make a space for the egg.
4. Add the egg, and into it, the soy sauce, and some pepper. Scramble it until it's almost all cooked, then mix the rice into it and mess everything up together.
5. Toss in your Spam cubes at this point, and fry mix for another 3 minutes (you can also add more soy sauce here if you want it more salty!) until your rice is light and fluffy. Then last but not least, toss in your chopped chives and mix that up into the rice. Serve and enjoy~!

Notice that most ingredients I put as optional, this is because the rice, soy sauce and garlic are the essential basic ingredients to any fried rice dish. You can add cooked chicken in place of Spam, and omit the egg, or chives. However, this is my grandma's recipe and to follow it to a T ends up delicious :) Tell me if you try it!