How To Cook The Perfect Fried Rice
Fried rice is a popular and readily available everyday food the world over generally coming in different varieties such as Yangzhou fried rice, sausage fried rice, tomato fried rice and so on.
Servings 1
Instructions
- Firstly, chop 2-3 green onions.
- Remove the hard stem from the basil and chop the leaves finely.
- Crack two eggs into a bowl and add a pinch of salt and white pepper to taste. Whisk evenly.
- In a small flat non-stick pan, pour a small amount of peanut oil.Preheat for about a minute and pour in the egg.When eggs have solidified, stir and toss with a wooden spoon to ensure uniform heat.Continue stirring the egg until it reaches a crumbly appearance. Once the egg is cooked, turn off the stove and put the eggs aside on a plate.
- Take a relatively deep, non-stick pan (it needs to be deep so you can turn the rice without spilling) and add a small amount of peanut oil.
- Preheat for a minute or so and add the chopped green onions, stirring quickly to release the aroma.
- Add the cooled rice and toss to mix evenly.
- Add salt and pepper and stir.
- Toss in the fried eggs continuing to stir evenly and turn off the heat.
- Lastly, stir in the chopped Basil. Basil must be added last, close to serving time, as the heat turns it black and affects its fragrance.
- Serve and garnish with a few basil leaves.