Best Chinese Egg Fried Rice Restaurant Style
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Chinese
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Serves: 2-3 Servings
 
Ingredients
  • Cooked rice - 4 cups
  • Vegetable oil – 4 tbsp + 1 tsp for eggs
  • Egg – 2
  • Garlic – 15 to 16 cloves, about 3 tbsp of chopped garlic
  • Ginger – 1 inch piece, about 1 tbsp of chopped ginger
  • Fresh chillies (red or green) - 4 to 5, finely chopped
  • Spring onion - 6 stalks, white and greens separated and finely chopped
  • Soy sauce – 1 tbsp if dark soy and 2 tbsp if light
  • Vinegar – 1tbsp
  • Sugar – 2 tsp (preferably brown sugar)
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Make the scrambled eggs by heating one teaspoon of oil in your wok and pouring the salted beaten eggs to it. Scramble the egg using a metal spatula. Once eggs are cooked take it out in a small bowl and set it aside.
  2. Heat remaining oil in the wok. Once the oil is smoking hot, add all the aromatics – ginger, garlic & fresh chillies and stir fry them on medium high heat for 2 to 3 minutes or until they are fragrant.
  3. Next add spring onion whites and stir fry for 2 more minutes. Now add the cold rice and using the metal spatula break any lumps that you may have in refrigerated rice. Mix the rice well with the aromatics.
  4. Add soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper and continue to stir fry on medium high heat for 6 to 8 minutes until the rice turns deep brown. This is when the deep umami flavor will build converting it to a restaurant style Chinese egg fried rice.
  5. Finally add the scrambled eggs & spring onion greens and give a final mix. Check and adjust for seasoning if needed.
  6. Switch off the heat and your best ever Chinese egg fried rice is ready to serve! Enjoy!
Recipe by Flavor Quotient at https://www.flavorquotient.com/2023/01/best-chinese-egg-fried-rice/