The origin of American fried rice has a number of tales, anecdotes, urban legend, and related stories.

Currently, there are three major tales and hypotheses about the origins of American fried rice: Khun Ying Sureepan Maneewat, the wife of "Chao Krung" newspaper's pioneer editor Vilas Maneewat, claimed to the Sakul Thai magazine that[2] the American fried rice is her creation.

One day, an airline cancelled a flight, leaving her loads of prepared American breakfast; sunny eggs, sausages and hams.

The proteins varied day-to-day, depending on which "American breakfast" was left on the day, from sausages and hams to baked chicken.

Some believe that the American fried rice was created by a Thai-Chinese chef, "Go Jek", during the Vietnam War era[1] to serve to United States Marine Corps and United States Air Force personnel stationed in Korat and Udon Thani, Thailand, it was not generally found in Thai restaurants outside Thailand, but with the proliferation of Thai restaurants in the United States, American fried rice is now appearing on Thai restaurant menus there.