I am looking at recipes and most of them say to use "cooked Japanese rice" I was wondering where do you buy Japanese rice and does it really have to be Japanese??? Very confusing.

Boil rice. Take prepared rice, put into frying pan with oil or butter. Saute' with an egg or two, onions, pepper, salt and some mushrooms. You can change recipe to desire.

No, it doesn't have to be Japanese - I think they just mean boiled or steamed as the Japanese would.

Any good rice will do. I advise you to stay away from the instant brands. Cook it using the instructions in a cookbook. Fry it using the instructions in a cookbook.

A Clone of Benihana's Fried Rice ( Japanese ) Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 4 cup cooked converted or parboiled rice (1 cup uncooked) 1 cup frozen peas, thawed 4 tablespoons finely grated carrot 2 x eggs, beaten 1/2 cup diced green onion 1 1/2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons soy sauce salt pepper Method: Cook rice following instructions on package (Bring 2 cups water to a boil, add rice and a dash of salt, reduce heat and simmer in covered saucepan for 20 minutes). Pour rice into a large bowl to let it cool in the refrigerator. Scramble the eggs in a small pan over medium heat. Separate the scrambled chunks of egg into small pea-size bits while cooking. When rice has cooled to near room temperature, add peas, grated carrot, scrambled egg and diced onion to the bowl. Carefully toss all of the ingredients together. Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter in a large frying pan over medium/high heat. When butter has completely melted, dump the bowl of rice and other ingredients into the pan and add soy sauce plus a dash of salt and pepper. Cook rice for 6-8 minutes over heat, stirring often. This fried rice can be prepared ahead of time by cooking the rice, then adding the peas, carrots and egg plus half of the soy sauce. Keep this refrigerated until you are ready to fry it in the butter. That's when you add the salt, pepper and remaining soy sauce.

If you want to make Japanese Fried Rice you will need to use round grain rice which is sticky when cooked. If you can't get Japanese rice, buy pudding rice, used to make rice pudding.