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Chinese Fried Rice Recipe
Chinese fried rice is an iconic Chinese recipe that you can find in many Chinese restaurants all over the world.
Traditional Chinese fried rice recipe calls for Chinese sausage or lap cheong (腊肠), vegetables, eggs, overnight rice and soy sauce.
The ingredients are cooked over intense high heat in a Chinese wok, with the iconic aromas from the wok hei（镬气）or breathe of wok.
The end result a delicious and filling rice dish, which makes a wholesome meal for both lunch and dinner.
How to Make Chinese Fried Rice?
Real and authentic recipe calls for the following ingredients:
- Garlic
- Chinese sausage, or lap cheong
- Eggs
- Mixed vegetables
- Steamed rice
- Soy sauce
- Ground white pepper
First, make sure you cook your rice using an electronic rice cooker. Electronic rice cooker produces soft, fluffy and perfectly steamed rice. Chill the rice overnight in the fridge.
The next day, heat up a wok or skillet on high heat. Add cooking oil and stir fry the garlic, follow by the Chinese sausage.
Next, add the mixed vegetables and rice to the wok. Stir and toss all the ingredients around before adding the soy sauce and pepper.
Traditionally, you cook the rice by pushing the rice to one side of the wok, and then add some oil to cook the eggs. When the eggs are set, break them up, combine, and toss well with the rice. For this recipe, I have simplified the steps by cooking the eggs first.
Cooking Tips for the Best Chinese Fried Rice
- DO NOT use fresh steamed rice because the rice will be too wet with too much moisture content. Keep the steamed rice in the fridge overnight.
- Break up the rice so there are no lumps. You may use a spatula to break up the lumps while cooking or you can separate the rice before cooking.
- Wok hei or breath of wok from intensely hot Chinese wok is the secret to the best result. If you don’t have a wok, you may use a skillet or pan on high heat.
- For extra flavors or umami taste, use a combination of soy sauce and oyster sauce or soy sauce and fish sauce as seasonings.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Kind of Rice Do Chinese Restaurants Use?
For Chinese restaurant style result, use long grain rice for this recipe.
Short grain rice or Japanese rice is not ideal. I recommend Jasmine rice for fried rice.
Can I Use Fresh Steamed Rice?
Allow the steamed rice to dry out before cooking. You may leave the rice out on room temperature for an hour to dry out the moisture content.
Make sure you don’t add too much water while cooking the rice.
For the best result, chill the fresh steamed rice in the fridge overnight.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is 641 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with Chinese Fried Rice?
This dish is best served with other Chinese recipes. For a wholesome Chinese meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Chinese Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 Chinese lap cheong sausage (cut into small pieces)
- 2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
- 1 cup frozen mixed vegetable (thawed)
- 4 cups overnight steamed rice
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce (or)
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 3 dashes ground white pepper (or black pepper)
- Salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Heat up a wok or skillet on high heat. Add the cooking oil and sauté the garlic until aromatic. Add the Chinese lap cheong sausage, stir and cook for about 1 minute.
- Add the beaten eggs, let cook, and break the eggs into pieces using a spatula. Add the mixed vegetables and stir well. Add in the rice, stir to combine well with all the ingredients.
- Add the soy sauce, fish sauce (or oyster sauce), ground pepper, salt and continue to stir-fry for a minute or two. As soon as the rice becomes toasty, dish out and serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
For the cooking oil, I like to use any variety of frying oil due to it’s high heat. Since I don’t have a wok, I need to use a small skillet. One secret to mine, is to use a dash of sesame seed oil in with the cooking oil to give it a more nutty taste.
HI, my wife is a vegetarian, but will eat some chicken or fish. Is this a good substitute.
If she is ok with the ingredients, then yes, but definitely let her look at it.