Recipe for fried rice

[ablang]

I was wondering if anyone had a very simple recipe for fried rice that they would be willing to share?

The best would require the least amount of ingredients possible. Like, what are the base ingredients for fried rice?

[Chuckiechan]

Before you go to ingrediants, here is step # 1:

Always let you rice get room temp first. Puting it in a paper grocery bag is a good idea too.

Then fry & add whatever you want. (control color with soy sauce)...

[Theophylact]

Joyce Chen's basic recipe:

4 cups cooked rice [I prefer the short-grained kind], room temperature or cold
2 teaspoons salt
2-3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon MSG [I omit this]
1/2 teaspoon dry sherry or Chinese rice wine
1 tablespoon minced scallion
4 tablespoons peanut or corn oil

Put cooked rice in a large bowl. Break eggs onto the rice and add the other ingredients except for the oil. Mix thoroughly with your hands or a wooden spoon, breaking up the lumps of rice.

Place oil in a hot skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the rice mixture and stir constantly for 8 to 10 minutes. At first it will stick together, but as it cooks the grains separate.

[NeoStarO1]

We have a basic fried rice recipe we use all the time. I am out of the bottled sauce that we normally use. I'll find out the name of it and let you know, It can be found in some regular grocercy stores int he Asian Food Isle.

We use that sauce and also a touch of soy sauce and jasmine rice and egg and that is it. quite tasty.

We purchase our rice by the 50 pound bags as its cheaper and also we get better rice, Jasmine rice has a way better taste quality over regular cheap little bagged regular rice. Blech!


I can't comment on Chuckiechan tip of allowing the rice to get to room tempature because before we had cooked our rice on stovetop and with leftovers for the next day made fried rice but we always took it directly out of the fridge to the pan and never had any problems. Now we have a rice cooker so we always have rice on hand to eat 24/7. A 50 pound bag lasts us about 4 sometimes 5 months.

[Theophylact]

Jasmine rice is nice. The Japanese-style short-grained, slightly sticky Kokuho rice (grown in California) is better, I think, but it's a matter of taste.

[Knothead]

I like rice with certain dishes, here's my method:

1 cup "Mahatma" brand rice (prolly da kine Neo sez "yuchho!" hahahaha )
2 cups water
1 Knorr chicken bullion cube

Melt a little more than a T. of butter in the pan, Just when it starts to burn, throw the rice in, and swing it around real fast, then when it's smoking a little, drop the water in. Stir well, add bullion cube, bring to boil.

Once boiling, turn it WAY down and cover and forget about it for 1/2 hour....check it then, but it should be done. Hopefully, the rest of the dinner will be ready in the next 15 minuttes, because you need to take this off the heat!

It should be fairly dry, very fluffy, with a slight chicken aroma.
Anyway, save the leftovers, because THIS is PERFECT for fried rice!

I was gonna put my own recipe, but it looks like Theo done "scooped" me...dry sherry, huh? Never thought of that!

[Theophylact]

For rice qua rice, the best (and Marcia's favorite) is a good brand of basmati rice. It's a long-grained, non-sticky rice with a wonderful slightly almondy aroma, and it has a delicate texture (much thinner grains than standard long-grain rice). But its flavor is too prominent to serve as a neutral base for stuff.

Cooked rice, (day old is best it's drier)
chopped ham and or cooked chicken
chopped onion and bell pepper
chopped celery
soy sauce.
an egg.

put some oil in the wok
add the onion and cook till it's clear --stir and toss
add the bell pepper and celery cook --stir and toss
toss in the egg and scramble --stir and toss
add the cooked ham and or chicken --stir and toss
add the rice --stir and toss
stir it a lot on high heat till the rice is well mixed and hot.
add soy sauce

eat.

[Theophylact]

See, now you're getting fancy, surreal: poor ablang just asked for the basics.

But I agree; a little diced country ham, some cut-up cooked shrimp, diced celery, maybe a handful of green peas -- all these are good additions.

[korgul]

What a site, not only can you get your computer fixed you can get directions on how to make supper.

Plus now I have an idea on what to make.