Have you ever cooked fried rice and found you don't really like it? Have you ever wonder why those restaurants can make delicious fried rice but you can't? Was your fried rice a bit damp?
I also had these problems until I learnt from my mother-in-law that there's a few tips you MUST know about making good fried rice.
These are quite simples.
1. Rice must be cool and dried. DON'T use rice that is just cooked and while it's hot. If you do, your fried rice will turn out wet and the rice will be broken. The best is to use rice that's been kept in the fridge (open in a bowl) to make it dry for overnight. While cooking rice in the rice cooker, use less water than normal. Jasmine rice is highly recommended.
2. Fry-pan must be iron. Old pan is better than new pan.
3. Heat - very very important! The stove must be very hot, like in chinese restaurant.
4. Generally.. you should follow these steps:
- Heat the pan
- Add vegetable oil
- Add garlic, stir til brown
- Add meat ingredients.. e.g. pork, shrimp, sausages, etc. stir until cooked
- Add sauce ingredients e.g. soya sauce or Maggi
- Beat eggs in a bowl, pour into the pan. Tilt the pan so the egg covers flatly in the pan. Leave for 8 seconds.. (longer than this the egg will become hard.. 8 seconds for me is perfect because the egg will cover rice nicely while some part of the egg is hard enough)
- Add rice, stir gently so it's covered with egg
- Stir quickly but gently until rice is hot (this is why it's important to use high heat stove)
- Add vegetable ingredients e.g. onion leaves
- Sprinkle with pepper, serve on the dish
Please try my technic and you'll find your fried rice is more delicious than ever!!
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