Ingredients
- tablespoon slight soy sauce
- tablespoon dark soy sauce
- teaspoon sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper powder
- tablespoon sbutter(*see footnote 1)
- eggs, beaten
- cup sovernight jasmine rice (or other medium grain rice)(see blog post for description)
- green onions, chopped
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Combine the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, and white pepper in a small bowl. Stir to mix well.
- Add the butter into a large nonstick skillet and heat over medium high heat until melted. Add the eggs. Cook until the bottom is slightly set. Scramble until the eggs are mostly cooked.
- Add the rice onto the egg. Cook and chop the rice with your spatula, to separate the grains and coat the rice with egg. Cook until the heat builds up and you can hear a vibrant sizzling.
- Swirl in the soy sauce mixture. Cook and stir constantly, until the rice turns an even color.
- Add the green onion and stir to mix well.
- Carefully taste the rice. Season lightly with sea salt if needed. Stir and mix thoroughly, so the salt is evenly dispersed.
- Transfer the rice to a bowl and serve hot as a side or a light main dish.
Tips
It only takes a few ingredients to make a great soy sauce fried rice. But here are some important notes. It’s important to heat up your pan really well and cook the rice thoroughly, so the moisture evaporates and the surface of the rice crisps up. If you’re using very stale rice, you will achieve a great texture more quickly. If you’re using fresher rice, it might take longer to fry the rice to achieve the desired texture.