Egg fried rice

[winterinmoscow]

just had it.

fabulous with extra cucumber on the side.

I will never ever get tired of cooking it.

or eating it!

 

[longdog]

I've never managed to cook it without it turning into a horrible eggy/rice mess

Recipe please

 

[citygirl]

order no. 186 from the chinese takeaway

 

[longdog]

I would but I'm skint

 

[The Pious Pawn]

i to would like to no how to cook it , i get a gooey blob to

 

[George & Bill]

order no. 186 from the chinese takeaway

I didn't know chinese t/a menus were standardised in that way, ie, 186 would always be efr, for eg??

 

[citygirl]

how do you know i don't have a menu from his local takeaway?

 

[winterinmoscow]

I've never managed to cook it without it turning into a horrible eggy/rice mess

Recipe please

steam or boil long grain rice

chop onion and fry it. add garlic and a bit of chopped pepper. leave that for a few minutes.

add rice and an egg and keep stirring it for around 5-8 mins until the rice is heated through and the egg cooked.

add soy sauce/chill sauce / fish sauce to taste

enjoy.

I fried the egg separately today and had it on top of the rice. delish!

 

[citygirl]

you start frying your rice (cooked and cooled), then add beaten egg, and just keep frying and stirring....cook right through the messy sticky stage, and it'll all come together..is this how you do it already?..it works for me

 

[George & Bill]

how do you know i don't have a menu from his local takeaway?

no but I thought u meant whatever t/a it was it would be the same...dunno never looked

 

[citygirl]

well it might be...maybe you should do a thread about it...get everyone to post the no. of fried rice, on their local t/a menu...this is how you find things out...ask urban

 

[George & Bill]

well it might be...maybe you should do a thread about it...get everyone to post the no. of fried rice, on their local t/a menu...this is how you find things out...ask urban

dont really care just thought that was what you wozx implying

 

[citygirl]

oh...ok...be boring then

 

[George & Bill]

efr is boring really

 

[purves grundy]

Leave the rice for about two hours before frying it.

That's the key to all fried rice dishes, and the granddaddy of em all is the indonesian nasi goreng - which means, errr, fried rice.

 

[citygirl]

question is...what no. is on the menu?

 

[purves grundy]

I always fancied tucking into the number 4 mmmmmmmmmm

 

[citygirl]

mmmmm...looks tasty

 

[subversplat]

Leave the rice for about two hours before frying it.

Ken Hom (Woks!) suggests you can make the whole thing in 40 minutes over here. Or is that 40 minutes after the rice has cooled?

Oh who'd have thought such a simple dish would be such a minefield? I think I'll stick to stir-frying in a pre-scrambled egg

 

[purves grundy]

Or is that 40 minutes after the rice has cooled?

I'd hope so. I'd start at a minimum of 1 hour or so - less than that and it all congeals into a big rice splat, even if you're careful with the water at first.
Leave it too long and it starts to lose flavour, then goes stale.

It's a fair ol game I tell thee

 

[trashpony]

I'd hope so. I'd start at a minimum of 1 hour or so - less than that and it all congeals into a big rice splat, even if you're careful with the water at first.
Leave it too long and it starts to lose flavour, then goes stale.

It's a fair ol game I tell thee

Blimey - you're a veritable rice expert

 

[Cid]

Ken Hom (Woks!) suggests you can make the whole thing in 40 minutes over here. Or is that 40 minutes after the rice has cooled?

Oh who'd have thought such a simple dish would be such a minefield? I think I'll stick to stir-frying in a pre-scrambled egg

Well Ken says the rice has to be completely cooled, so I'd guess he wants you to prepare it early.

 

[RubyToogood]

I always thought you did the egg by making a mini omelette before any of the other ingredients go in, then cutting it up and re-adding it at the end.

 

[Reg in slippers]

not the same thing at all, more thai/malay

gawd this recipe looks nice:http://www.khiewchanta.com/archives/2006/07/rice_omelette_s.html

 

[purves grundy]

Plenty of different ways to do the eggy-wegs, eh. I like the OP's separate frying and just stick it on top of the rice once it's ready. When you break open the yolk with your fork and it oozes down into your rice - mmmmmmm

 

[polly]

Someone (chinese if that makes any difference...i wonder if the chinese actually eat this...but anyway) once told me to use a really hot pan, cold dry rice- quickly fry garlic and spring onions in groundnut and sesame oil, add rice, then once you have had the rice in a minute or so, move it to one side and break your eggs on the empty side. swirl them round till they look like dry scrambled eggs (but cooked in the garlicky spicy sesame-ish oil of your wok) and then mix it all up together. works for me!

 

[Madusa]

egg fried rice is yummy but i prefer when it's spicy - singapore stylee.

 

[pengaleng]

the granddaddy of em all is the indonesian nasi goreng

I fucking love nasi goreng, the more fresh chillis the better

 

[Jambooboo]

Lovely when it is made with peas, sweetcorn and little bits of chopped carrot in it.



Not eating starchy carbs at the moment though.

 

[winterinmoscow]

and I'm just cooking it yet again. Yum! Anyone want some?