Best 6 Fried Rice Chinese Restaurant Style Recipes

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Fried rice is a classic Chinese dish that is enjoyed by people all over the world. It is a versatile dish that can be made with a variety of ingredients, including rice, eggs, vegetables, and meat. This article provides three different recipes for fried rice, each with its own unique flavor profile. The first recipe is for a classic Chinese-style fried rice, made with rice, eggs, vegetables, and soy sauce. The second recipe is for a spicy Szechuan-style fried rice, made with rice, eggs, vegetables, and a spicy Szechuan sauce. The third recipe is for a vegetarian fried rice, made with rice, eggs, vegetables, and tofu. All three recipes are simple to follow and can be made in under 30 minutes. So whether you are looking for a classic Chinese dish or something a little different, these fried rice recipes are sure to please.

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CHINESE EGG FRIED RICE 蛋炒饭



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This is a Chinese Egg Fried Rice recipe (蛋炒饭), made in restaurant style with Wok Hei. It is a quick and simple fried rice dish that is extremely easy to prepare. Only 3 eggs, some onions and light seasonings is all you need.

Provided by Angie Liew

Categories     Main

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 eggs (beaten)
3 cups cooked rice (cooled)
1 big onion (diced)
2 stalks spring onion (chopped)
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground white pepper
2 tbsp light soy sauce

Steps:

  • To start, have ready 3 cups of cooked and cooled rice (preferably left overnight). Also 3 eggs, spring onion, oil and seasonings.
  • Wet your fingers and run through the rice to remove any clumps.
  • Beat eggs in a bowl. Then, dice one big onion and chop some fresh spring onions. And we're ready to fry the rice!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 414 kcal, Carbohydrate 50 g, Protein 12 g, Fat 19 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 164 mg, Sodium 1512 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 2 g, UnsaturatedFat 4 g, ServingSize 1 serving

CLASSIC PORK FRIED RICE



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Pork fried rice is probably one of the most popular take-out dishes out there. Classic Chinese take-out pork fried rice is made with Chinese BBQ roast pork.

Provided by Bill

Categories     Pork

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 tablespoon hot water
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine ((or dry cooking sherry))
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
5 cups cooked Jasmine rice ((add 1 teaspoon oil to rice when cooking))
1 tablespoon oil
1 medium onion ((diced))
1 pound Chinese BBQ pork
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup bean sprouts
2 eggs ((scrambled))
2 scallions ((chopped))

Steps:

  • Start by combining the hot water, honey, sesame oil, shaoxing wine (if using), soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and white pepper in a small bowl. This is the sauce that you'll be adding to the rice, and it's much easier to have it combined and ready to go before you start cooking.
  • Take your cooked rice and fluff it with a fork or with your hands (you can rinse your hands in cold water if the rice starts sticking to them). There shouldn't be any big clumps!
  • With the wok over medium heat, add a tablespoon of oil and sauté the onions until translucent and then stir in the roast pork. Add the rice and mix well. If the rice is cold from the refrigerator, continue stir-frying until the rice is warmed up, which will take about 5 minutes. If the rice was made fresh, then you just need to mix until everything is incorporated.
  • Add the sauce mixture and salt and mix with a scooping motion until the rice is evenly coated with sauce. You will have to break up any remaining clumps of rice with the spatula as best as possible, but no need to be obsessive. The rice should be hot by this time.
  • Toss in your mung bean sprouts, scrambled eggs, and scallions. Mix thoroughly for another minute or two and serve!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 377 kcal, Carbohydrate 55 g, Protein 16 g, Fat 10 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Cholesterol 87 mg, Sodium 1086 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 13 g, ServingSize 1 serving

CHICKEN FRIED RICE



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This classic chicken fried rice recipe is quick to make, no fuss and definitely better than takeout. Learn how to prepare yummy chicken fried rice at home.

Provided by Bill

Categories     Rice

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 18

8 ounces chicken breast ((about 1 large, diced into ½-inch cubes))
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon oil
1 tablespoon hot water
¼ teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon light soy sauce ((or to taste))
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt ((or to taste))
1/8 teaspoon white pepper ((or to taste))
5 cups cooked rice
3 tablespoons canola oil ((divided))
2 eggs ((beaten))
1 medium onion ((diced))
1 cup fresh mung bean sprouts
1 scallion ((chopped))
1 tablespoon shaoxing wine

Steps:

  • Combine the chicken and marinade ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine the hot water, sugar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, and white pepper in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • Take your cooked rice and fluff it with a fork or with your hands (you can rinse your hands in cold water if the rice starts sticking to them). If you are using cold leftover rice, try to break up the clumps as best as possible.
  • Heat the wok over medium high heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil. Add the eggs and scramble them until just done. Remove from the wok immediately, and set aside.
  • Heat the wok until just smoking and spread another tablespoon oil around your wok. Sear the marinated chicken in one layer for 20 seconds. Stir-fry the chicken until about 80% done. Remove the chicken and set aside.
  • With the wok over medium high heat, add the final tablespoon of oil, and sauté the onions until translucent. Add the rice, and use your metal spatula to flatten out and break up any large clumps. If the rice is cold from the refrigerator, continue stir-frying until the rice is warmed up, which will take about 5 minutes. Sprinkling just a little water on large clumps of rice will help break them up more easily. If the rice was made fresh, cooking time will be faster. Just make sure that the rice isn't too wet--which will make frying it difficult.
  • Once the rice is warmed (very important or the sauce will not mix as well and the color of the rice will not be as uniform), add the sauce mixture and mix with a scooping motion until the rice is evenly coated with sauce. Break up any remaining clumps of rice with the spatula. The rice should be hot by this time. Now add the cooked chicken, along with any juices from the bowl. Stir-fry for 1 minute.
  • Add the eggs, bean sprouts, and scallions, and continue stir-frying the rice for another 30 seconds. Then gather all of the rice into the middle of the wok to let the sides of the wok heat up.
  • After about 20 seconds, spread the Shaoxing wine around the perimeter of the wok and stir-fry for another 20 seconds. This step gives you a little of that extra "wok hei" that you taste when you get fried rice from a good Chinese restaurant. Serve!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 327 kcal, Carbohydrate 41 g, Protein 15 g, Fat 11 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 79 mg, Sodium 735 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 2 g, ServingSize 1 serving

FRIED RICE CHINESE RESTAURANT STYLE



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Chinese fried rice that tastes just like in the Chinese restaurants. I have tried many recipe and have found this one from a Chinese chef who gave me a few tips and secrets. Now you can have them too.

Provided by Pat Duran

Categories     Rice Sides

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 c uncooked basmati rice
2 c water
1/2 to 3/4 c chicken stock
1 ham steak, cut into small cubes
1/2 c frozen peas
2 large eggs
3 to 4 Tbsp canola oil or peanut oil
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp soy sauce

Steps:

  • 1. Cook your rice on the stove or in a rice cooker. You want it a bit on the crunchy side, so even though you might want to add more water, Do Not! Let the rice cool completely. You can even cook it the night before and let cool in the fridge.
  • 2. Heat a wok over high heat with 1 Tablespoon of oil. Add eggs and scramble until cooked. Add the ham and peas and fry for about a minute. Remove egg mixture from wok. Clean the wok out a bit so leftover egg doesn't burn while you are heating up the wok and oil again.
  • 3. Add remaining oil and heat over high heat until very hot. Add cold rice and stir to coat every grain. Add chicken stock a bit at a time to give the rice a chance to soak up the liquid. Add much just enough stock the rice will soak up the flavor- you do not want it sticky.
  • 4. Stir fry , stirring constantly until there is no liquid left, then chop up the egg mixture and add it, along with the soy sauce and salt. Stir. You can add more or less soy sauce and salt according to you taste.
  • 5. The secret is to use cold al dente cooked rice and to cook the eggs and add-ins separate;then add them in later. Be sure to let the rice soak up the chicken stock , but do not let the rice become sticky. Enjoy- this is the best homemade fried rice you will ever make.

CHINESE RESTAURANT FRIED RICE



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Chinese fried rice that tastes just like in the Chinese restaurants. I have tried many recipes and was never able to make it taste like in the restaurants until I met someone who was a chef in a Chinese restaurant and let me in on the secrets.

Provided by poune33

Categories     Long Grain Rice

Time 40m

Yield 2-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cups uncooked basmati rice
2 cups water
1/2-3/4 cup chicken stock
1 ham steak (cut into cubes)
1/2 cup frozen peas
2 eggs
3 -4 tablespoons canola oil (or peanut oil)
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons soy sauce

Steps:

  • Cook your rice (I use a rice cooker). You want it a bit on the crunchy side, so even though you might want to add more water, DON'T.
  • Let your rice cool completely (I spread it out on a baking sheet and put it in the freezer if I'm in a hurry). You can even cook your rice the night before and let cool in the fridge.
  • Heat a wok over high heat with 1 tbs. of oil. Add eggs and scramble until cooked. Add ham and peas and fry for about a minute.(You can add or omit any veggie/meat combo you want.).
  • Remove omelet from wok. Clean the wok out a bit so the leftover egg doesn't burn while you're heating up your wok and oil again.
  • Add remaining oil to the wok and heat over high heat until it is very hot. Add your cold rice to the wok and stir to coat every grain. (You can add some more oil if you want; it just depends on how greasy you like it.).
  • Add your chicken stock to the rice; do it a little bit at a time to give the rice a chance to soak up the liquid. I'm not sure exactly the amount of stock to be added; I eyeball it because it seems to change every time. Basically, you want the rice to soak up the flavor, but you don't want to put in too much as it will end up quite sticky.
  • Stir fry for a while, stirring constantly until there is no liquid left, then chop up your omelet and add it, along with the soy sauce and salt. Stir. You can add more or less soy sauce and salt according to your taste. NOTE: In this case, the salt is simply to enhance the flavor of the dish, not to make it salty. And remember that soy sauce is salty in itself--unless you use the salt-free or low-salt type. (It is an MSG substitute.).
  • Enjoy! It's the best homemade fried rice you'll ever make!

CHINESE FRIED RICE



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This Chinese fried rice has the flavor those other recipes are missing. Tastes like takeout. I want to dedicate this dish to Bergy, whose recipe "AM & B's Indonesian Mehoon" has inspired this dish. Make sure you season your rice with salt before it cooks. Add some butter to the cooking water, as well. Other seasonings should be added before you cook, as well, so it has time to get inside the rice. If you like sesame flavor, add 1 tsp. of it after you add the green onions, but do not use it as a cooking oil because it easily burns.

Provided by PalatablePastime

Categories     Chicken

Time 28m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

3/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 1/2 tablespoons oil
1 egg, lightly beaten (or more eggs if you like)
3 drops soy sauce
3 drops sesame oil
8 ounces cooked lean boneless pork or 8 ounces chicken, chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped carrot (very small)
1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed
4 cups cold cooked rice, grains separated (preferably medium grain)
4 green onions, chopped
2 cups bean sprouts
2 tablespoons light soy sauce (add more if you like)

Steps:

  • Heat 1 tbsp oil in wok; add chopped onions and stir-fry until onions turn a nice brown color, about 8-10 minutes; remove from wok.
  • Allow wok to cool slightly.
  • Mix egg with 3 drops of soy and 3 drops of sesame oil; set aside.
  • Add 1/2 tbsp oil to wok, swirling to coat surfaces; add egg mixture; working quickly, swirl egg until egg sets against wok; when egg puffs, flip egg and cook other side briefly; remove from wok, and chop into small pieces.
  • Heat 1 tbsp oil in wok; add selected meat to wok, along with carrots, peas, and cooked onion; stir-fry for 2 minutes.
  • Add rice, green onions, and bean sprouts, tossing to mix well; stir-fry for 3 minutes.
  • Add 2 tbsp of light soy sauce and chopped egg to rice mixture and fold in; stir-fry for 1 minute more; serve.
  • Set out additional soy sauce on the table, if desired.

Tips:

  • Use day-old rice. It will be less sticky and easier to fry.
  • Use a large wok or skillet over high heat. This will help the rice cook evenly.
  • Add the rice to the wok or skillet in a thin layer. This will help it cook evenly and prevent it from clumping together.
  • Stir the rice constantly. This will help it cook evenly and prevent it from sticking to the wok or skillet.
  • Add the eggs and vegetables to the wok or skillet and stir-fry until cooked through.
  • Add the soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil and stir-fry until combined.
  • Serve the fried rice immediately.

Conclusion:

Fried rice is a delicious and versatile dish that can be made with a variety of ingredients. It is a great way to use up leftover rice, and it can be easily customized to your liking. Whether you like your fried rice simple or loaded with vegetables and meat, there is a recipe in this article that will suit your taste. So next time you are looking for a quick and easy meal, give fried rice a try. You won't be disappointed.

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