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This is an ultimate guide of egg fried rice. Egg fried rice is a classic Chinese dish that can be enjoyed as a main meal or as a side. It is made with rice, eggs and typically some very basic seasonings like salt or ground pepper. All the ingredients are basic and humble, creating the most lovely flavors.
Chinese10 mineasy2 servings
Ingredients
- 3 cup of cooked rice, leftover ( , around 360 g)
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp. salt (, divided )
- dash of ground pepper
- 2 tbsp. cooking oil
- 3 scallions or green onions (, chopped )
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
Instructions
- Prepare the rice Break the rice with a turner in a pan and make sure the rice grains are separated. This can be finished in the stir frying process too. But pre load this step can help the beginners.
- Prepare the eggs Whisk egg with a small pinch of salt.
- Preheat wok Heat wok until smoky (super important), add oil and swirl the wok to help the oil cover the surface.
- Fry the egg liquid Add beaten egg in. Wait for 2 3 seconds and then break the eggs with chopsticks or turner. This is a lovely way because at this stage the cracks can be easily gotten.
- Add the rice Add the rice in. Continue using the turner to pat the rice grains and move them until the rice pops up.
- Add some seasonings add salt and pepper and pour the soy sauce over the wok edge. Mix for a while.
- Enhance the flavor with scallion Mix in green onion. Give a very quick stir fry and serve hot.