Chinese Fried Rice Recipe

Chinese Fried Rice is the most famous dish and has highest popularity among all Chinese cuisine recipes. You can basically find Chinese Fried Rice in the menu lists of every Chinese restaurant out there. Nothing beats perfectly prepared fried rice.

Ingredients

 400g steamed rice (refrigerated overnight)

3 rashers bacon

250g Chinese barbequed pork

3 eggs

Salt

Pepper

Oil

2 tsps grated green ginger

8 shallots

500g prawns (Skin peeled)

2 tsps soy sauce

Method

·        Finely chop Chinese barbequed pork into small slices. Beat eggs with fork, season with salt and pepper.

·        Heat 2 tablespoons oil in pan. Spread oil over pan. Pour half egg mixture to make a pancake. Turn and cook the other side. Remove from pan. Pour the rest of egg mixture into pan and cook through. Roll up egg and cut into small thin strips.

·        Finely chop shallots. Shell and devein prawns.

·        Heat oil in pan. Saute ginger for 1 minute, stir in rice. Stir-fry for 5 minutes. Add in bacon, barbequed pork, egg strips, shallots, prawns and stir fry to mix well. When completely heated, add in soy sauce and mix well.

·        Serve warm.

Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Total cooking time: 15 minutes

Recipe serves 6-8

Ingredients

1 medium ripe pineapple

¼ cup oil

3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

1-2 teaspoons chopped red chillies

150g pork loin, cut into very small dices

150g raw prawn meat

3 cups cold steamed rice

2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Thai basil

2 tablespoons fish sauce

3 spring onions, finely sliced

2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves

Fresh red or green chillies, sliced

Method

• Slice pineapple in half. Cut and scoop out the flesh of the pineapple with a knife. Chop the pineapple flesh into small pieces.

• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil on high flame. Mix in garlic, onion and chillies into the wok and cook for 1 approximately minute or until fragrant. Add in pork loin dices and stir fry for 2 minutes. Mix prawn together and cook for stir fry for another 3 minutes. Set aside the meats. 

•  Next stir fry the pineapples for 3 minutes until lightly golden.

• Heat remaining oil. Add the rice into the very hot oil and stir fry for 2 minutes. Mix in pork, prawns and pineapple to the wok and stir thoroughly. Set aside when cooked.

• Mix together basil and fish sauce. Put the fried rice into the pineapple shells and sprinkle spring onions, coriander and chillies on top. Serve hot.

Fried Rice with Coriander and Basil

Preparation time: 20 minutes + overnight standing

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Recipe serves 4

Ingredients

2 ½ cups Rice

100g pork loin

2 tablespoons oil

3cm piece pork fat, chopped

4 cloves garlic, chopped

4 cm piece grated ginger

2 teaspoons chopped red chillies

2 chicken thigh fillets, diced

1 tablespoon fish sauce

2 teaspoons Golden Mountain sauce

2 spring onions, chopped

1 cup fresh Thai basil leaves, chopped

½ cup fresh coriander leaves, chopped, reserving some for garnish

Method

• Steam the Rice and leave to cool. It is best o leave refrigerated overnight.

• Dice the pork loin with a cleaver or large knife. Heat the oil in wok. Add pork fat, chillies, garlic and ginger into wok. Cook for 2 minutes or until fragrant.

• Add the chicken and pork together into the wok. Stir fry for 3 minutes.

•  Add rice to the wok. Stir fry and toss well. 

• Add in sauces and stir fry. Make sure to toss through. Finally, add spring onions and herbs. Serve hot on a plate.

Fried Rice with Dried Shrimp Recipe

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Total cooking time: 20 minutes

Recipe serves 4

Ingredients

3 tablespoons oil

1 egg, beaten with 2 teaspoons water

2 cloves garlic, chopped 3 spring onions, chopped

½ cup fried shrimp, roughly chopped

4 cups cold steamed rice (refrigerated overnight)

1 tablespoon fish sauce

2 teaspoons Golden Mountain sauce

1 cup fresh coriander leaves

¼ pineapple, cut into pieces

1 medium cucumber (any type) cut into pieces

Chilli sauce for serving

Method

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok. Pour in egg mixture. Swirl the mixture the wok until the egg mixture sets. Cut the eggs into quarters and flip each quarter over to cook the other side. Remove from wok, cut into thin strips. Set aside.

2. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in wok. Add garlic, spring onions and shrimp. Stir fry for 2 minutes. Add rice to . Stir fry for another 5 minutes over high heat tossing constantly until rice is heated through.

3. Finally, add sauces, coriander and egg strips to wok. Toss together well. Serve together with pineapple, cucumber and chilli sauce.

Steamed Rice Recipe

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Total cooking time: 12-15 minutes

Recipe serves 4-6

Ingredients

2 ½ cups jasmine rice

A few drops of oil (optional)

1. Place the rice in a fine strainer and wash it thoroughly under cold, running water until the water runs clear.

2. Place the rice in a heavy-based pan. Add enough cold water to come about 3 cm above the rice. Add the oil to the pan and bring water to a gentle boil over a medium heat.

3. Boil until the water is level with the rice and tunnels or bubbles appear; cover pan. Turn heat as low as possible; cook for 10 minutes. Shaking the pan from time to time. Remove pan from the heat and set aside for 5 minutes before serving.

Hint

As a general rule with jasmine rice, the ratio is 2 cups of washed rice to 3 cups of water. 1 cup of uncooked rice yields 3 cups of rice after cooking. Washing the rice removes excess starch- this helps to keep the grains separate when cooked. Adding oil to the water also assists in keeping the grains separate. When cooking rice by absorption method, don’t stir during cooking and don’t remove the lid.

You can also use a rice cooker.

Nyonya Kampung Fried Rice Recipe

A wide variety of different types of friend rice recipe can be found. Baba-Nyonya is a term used to describe the Chinese descendants that has migrated into Malacca, Malaysia during the 15th and 16th century. The obvious distinction from this minority Chinese ethnic group will be their assimilation of the Malay culture into their own. A well overall accepted traditional Malay cuisine and a distinctive fried rice recipe.

Ingredients

2 Eggs
3 Stalks of Spring onion
80g Dried Shrimps
12 Dried Chillies
10 Shallot Cloves
4 Garlic Cloves
4 tbsp Cooking Oil
3 Bowls of Cooked Rice

Method

1. Beat the eggs and fry into an omelette before cutting into thin shreds.
2. Chop the spring onion.
3. Pound the dried shrimps, dried chillies, shallots and garlic together.
4. Heat up oil and fry the pounded ingredients until fragrant.
5. Add in the cooked rice and fry till fragrant.
6. Add in the omelette shreds.
7. Serve with chopped spring onion sprinkled on top.