The Faux Rice Trick for Perfect Fried Rice
Day-old rice makes the best fried rice, but what if you haven’t planned ahead? Here’s the trick to mimicking day-old rice so you can have perfect fried rice any night of the week.
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chinese cooking demystified has a video about steaming the rice for fried rice. it's really good
2 egg yolks and 2 T oil. Coat fresh rice with egg yolk and oil mixture. Golden rice. Perfect every time.
So, if you do this, you NEED to cool the rice in the fridge – not anywhere else. The bacteria you need to deal with are active in environments as low as 39°F.
"Bacillus cereus spores thrive in starchy, moist environments. When cooked rice or pasta is left out at room temperature, the spores wake up and multiply rapidly. While heating the food to high temperatures can kill the bacteria, it does not destroy the toxins they leave behind."
Uncle Roger has entered the chat…
Such an annoying squeeky voice
You can also just bake the rice on lowest.
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Good tip but that fried rice is begging for some seasoning lol
just have fresh rice and let leftovers become leftovers 😅
there is nothing new in this video. tell your producers to go back and do some serious research work
Steaming rice gets a similar effect and is easier
“Rinse the rice, quickly throw it all over for a minute.”
The Chinese cooking channels have better solution.
for all that effort I'll just remind myself to cook some rice the day before I need it
Spend more time breaking up the cold rice
This seems like a great tip for congee too!
Just put it in the oven to dry it out before pan frying, almost the same result as day old
I really don’t need or like fried rice to go thyall of that. 😂
MA'AM MA'AM MA'AM WHT FOLKS CANT MAKE PERFECT FRIED RICE….ONLY ASIAN CAN MAKE FRIED RICE PERFECTLY
As soon as I hear vegetable oil, I'm out.
"You can fake cooking rice and then chilling it by cooking rice and then chilling it"
what if you leave that faux rice in the fridge overnight? you get super fried rice!
You didn't fake it. You fried the rice before adding the water. Hence, fried rice.
ATK is activating Asians like Pete Evans does almonds.
Thanks for your stupid tip.
The most colorless fried rice that ive ever seen
Where's the part where you actually bake it
This is exactly how we cool rice in Brazil except the throwing it in the fridge part lol.
Love ATK. Don’t love this rice.
Tell me you don't pay for your own water without telling me you don't pay for your own water.
Awesome tip! Thank you! ❤
Amazing. Thank you !
Oh, I learned how to cook fried rice this way, I didn't know it was a hack. 😅
Thank U Morgan!
Yeah, and then you have the experts telling us not to eat day old rice you can get Bacillus Cereus.
Fried rice is brown…
Haiyaaa! drops leg
I never use vegetable oil. That is fake to begin with.
I'd rather have fried rice with not quite the right texture over reinventing the wheel.
Spam fried rice 👍
You don't need to do any of this. Just add egg first, scramble it and then a little oil and light soy, make sure the eggs coat the rice grains and then gently stir until the rice firms up and dries out in the wok. Use long grain rice, that's it.
Part of the outside of the rice grain re-crystalises in the fridge due to surface drying.
Or… use any brand of instant rice. Why? It's literally cooked, dried rice. It's premade left over rice.