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Love classic chinese restaurant style Chinese Egg Fried Rice? If yes, this is the ultimate chinese egg fried rice recipe to try! Its so amazingly easy to make this better than restaurant fried rice; all you need is overnight rice, eggs, onion and seasonings.
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A Simple Classic Fried Rice
This is a classic Chinese Egg Fried Rice recipe (蛋炒饭), made in chinese restaurant style but in the comfort of your own home. It is a quick and simple fried rice dish that is extremely easy to prepare. Only 2 eggs, some onions and light seasonings are all that you need. Tastessuperb as a simple meal on its own as one dish meal too.
So, the most important thingis to make sure the rice is cooked, cooled and clump-free, so that it will not stick together during the frying process. Of course,its a great way to use up leftover rice as well.
A Plate Of Great Fried Rice
Great fried rice should have individual grains of rice that barely clump together when scooped up with a spoon. It should have the unmistakable signature chewy-tender texture. This simple Chinese egg fried rice dish is fried to accomplishjust that levelof perfection.
Chinese Egg Fried Rice 蛋炒饭
The Signature Aroma For A Chinese Fried Rice Dish: Wok Hei镬气, Breath of Wok
Most importantly, the rice needs to be lightly tossed in the wok, for every grain of rice to befried and infused witha good ‘wok hei’ taste. After lightly seasoningwith salt, ground white pepper and light soy sauce, the rice is mixed together with the soft scrambled eggs.For best results, a carbon steel wok is used for frying this dish as it really brings outthe “wok” flavour, which is the signature aroma for any Chinese fried rice dish. Thistastes just like what you’ll get at your favourite Chinese restaurant.
SO ENJOY!
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Chinese Egg Fried Rice 蛋炒饭
Recipe by Huang Kitchen, Angie Liew
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This is a Chinese Egg Fried Rice recipe (蛋炒饭), made in restaurant style with Wok Hei. It is a quick and simple fried rice dish that is extremely easy to prepare. Only 3 eggs, some onions and light seasonings is all you need.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time40 minutes mins
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Servings: 3 people
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 3 cups cooked rice, cooled
- 1 big onion, diced
- 2 stalks spring onion, chopped
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
Seasonings:
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground white pepper
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
To start, have ready 3 cups of cooked and cooled rice (preferably left overnight). Also 3 eggs, spring onion, oil and seasonings.
Wet your fingers and run through the rice to remove any clumps.
Beat eggs in a bowl. Then, dice one big onion and chop some fresh spring onions. And we're ready to fry the rice!
On high setting, heat up 2 tbsp oil in wok until very hot. Swirl in the oil to coat the bottom of wok. You will actually see smoke coming out of the wok.
Add in eggs and scramble until egg is just set. Do not overcook the eggs.
Dish up and set aside the scrambled eggs.
Reheat the wok. Turn the stove burner to as high as it will go.
Add in the cooked rice. Fry the rice for about 1-2 minutes until heated through. Use the back of the ladle to gently tap and break up rice or any clumps.
Next, add in the diced onions and continue to stir fry, mixing well.
Then, add in the scrambled eggs.
Keep stirring until the rice is evenly cooked and coated with eggs, about 2 minutes. Constantly turn the rice, otherwise the rice will burn.
Add in salt and give it a quick mix.
Then, sprinkle some ground white pepper and give another quick mix.
Next, pour in the soy sauce around the edges of wok and give it a quick stir fry.
Lastly, add in the chopped spring onion. Continue to stir fry until well combined.
Dish up and garnish with more spring onions, red chillies and fried shallots. And it's ready to be served. Enjoy!
Instructions
To cook Chinese Egg Fried Rice:
Enjoy!
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Notes
To cookfried rice, use 1 cup of water to cook 1 cup of rice. Try using less water to cook the rice than you normally do. Otherwise, you will have mushy rice that can't be fried.
Always use rice that has cooked and cooled down for at least for 2 hours. Do not use freshly cooked rice.
Use medium to long grain rice. Do not use short grain, sushi rice or glutinous rice.
Try not to use a non-stick wok for your fried rice. Preferably use a carbon steel wok as you need a blazing hot wok for the best results.
Use a big wok/pan to fry your rice. This is to prevent overcrowding.
When using the wok, always bring the wok to smoking point. Then lower the heat and add the oil. This will ensure the wok to be non-stick.
To know if the wok is hot enough: after 30 seconds of heating, flick droplets of water into the wok. If the water droplets evaporates upon1 to 2 seconds of contact, your wok is ready.
To get Wok Hei fragrance (breath of wok), the wok needs to be heated up till smoking and the rice tossed repeatedly in order to 'smoke' the rice. Therefore, creating the signature smoky flavour.
Have ready all ingredients needed near your stove before you start frying.
Only add seasonings at the last of cooking as salt causesrice to stick to the wok. Use wet seasonings (sauces) with moderation.
NUTRITION
Calories: 414kcal · Carbohydrates: 50g · Protein: 12g · Fat: 19g · Saturated Fat: 13g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3g · Trans Fat: 1g · Cholesterol: 164mg · Sodium: 1512mg · Potassium: 217mg · Fiber: 2g · Sugar: 2g · Vitamin A: 318IU · Vitamin C: 4mg · Calcium: 58mg · Iron: 2mg
Course: Main
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese, Malaysian
Keyword: Chinese, fried rice, rice
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Angie Liew
Angie Liew (known as Huang) has a strong love for cooking from a young age. Being a self taught chef, she focuses on improving cooking recipes, simplifying and documenting cooking methods so that her great home cooked dishes can be served and shared among family and friends.
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