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Fried Rice

A simple fried rice recipe that you can add other ingredients to for 'special fried rice'
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups Long grain, Basmati or Jasmin rice
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tsp Sesame Oil
  • 1-2 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
  • 1-2 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
  • 1/4 tsp White Pepper
  • 2 tbsp Flavourless oil such as ground nut or sunflower You can use vegetable oil if needed

Instructions
 

  • Cook the rice in plenty of lightly salted boiling water for around 90% of the time recommended on the packet, drain well and set aside, preferably in the fridge for 24hrs.
  • Add 1tsp Sesame oil in with the eggs and beat lightly.
  • When ready to cook, lightly season the cooked rice with light soy sauce, you can use dark but it can make the dish look very dark and less appealing.
  • Add 1-2 tbsp oil to a hot wok and wait until lightly smoking
  • Add the cooked seasoned rice and stir fry for 2 mins
  • At this point you may add any additional ingredients such as frozen peas, small prawns, spring onion, cooked chicken or anything else with a fast cooking time. Stir fry for a further 2 mins.
  • Season the dish with white pepper, a little soy and a touch of sesame oil.
  • Move the rice and the rest of the ingredients to the outer edges of the wok and add the egg mixture to the center, leave untouched for 30 seconds or so then turn off the heat and very quickly mix the egg in to the rice to finish cooking, the residual heat should be enough for this.

Notes

Cooking the rice well ahead of time REALLY helps with this dish, don't expect freshly cooked rice to come out as well. Using light soy or a mixture of light and dark soy can help keep the dish from becoming too dark.