Great recipe - very easy. Like some have suggested, use day old, chilled rice if you can (I just chilled mine for 6 hours or so). I used a combination of peanut oil and sesame oil for an added nutty flavor for the onions and garlic, added chopped up water chestnuts with the carrots and peppers (only used 1/2 pepper so as not to over power) and at the very end, stirred in some bean sprouts - a very worth while addition in my opinion. Also, before adding those sprouts, add a tablespoon or two more sesame oil just for flavor as sesame oil works well as a flavor oil and less so for frying/saute'. This recipe tasted better the next day and my 11 year old daughter loved it as well, a great endorsement.