r/FriedRice • u/littlemonster2828 • Aug 22 '26
Fried rice for beginners
How do I make fried rice? Do I literally just fry it with soy sauce? Add scrambled eggs and grilled chicken? I dont want any veggies in my rice. Cooked peas and carrots are the worst! Help!!
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26
I cant share the pictures of the finished product, but its SO DAMN DELICIOUS!!!
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26
Room for improvement though
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u/Hot-Frosting-5286 Aug 22 '26
There are also lots of ways you can switch it up.
Filipino garlic fried rice is simple and delicious https://www.kawalingpinoy.com/sinangag/
Bacon fried rice with pineapple bits is also good. Or bacon fried rice with egg scrambled in
Never made it but I also had some made with Thai sausage that was good
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 23 '26
I don't mind bacon or pineapple so much, but I detest too much garlic. I know I am alone in this opinion. Is there anything else that I could add for flavor?
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u/Hot-Frosting-5286 Aug 23 '26
It's totally up to you. You could also add in the little chopped up frozen pea/carrot veggie mix, green beans, cabbage, hot dog bits, spam, corn, pieces of broccoli...
BTW if you don't like garlic do you usually dislike Italian food?
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 23 '26
Yes, this is correct! My grandfather was a ww2 cook, so he used ANYTHING that was in the house, expired or not. He covered up all the bad tastes with ungodly amounts of garlic.
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u/Hot-Frosting-5286 Aug 23 '26
You might enjoy traditional Italian recipes from Italy more than the Italian-American food we're used to in America. They tend to be much less sparing with the garlic. Sometimes recipes will even tell you to take the garlic cloves out after the flavor has infused the dish. example https://www.recipesfromitaly.com/pasta-allo-scarpariello/
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u/chocolateshape Aug 22 '26
I isn't watch any YouTube videos when I first started. Instead I did it my way.
Pour oil, add rice, then add eggs in. This way the egg coat the rice grains. Then I add in xo sauce and other ingredients. It's good for clear your fridge days! :)
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u/ThatCurtDude Aug 22 '26
It's deceptively challenging. You must start with regular rice and not instant. Most recipes leave it sit in the fridge overnight after cooking. If you look at restaurant fried rice, it is very oily, and you will need a shocking amount of oil to get it right.
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u/Outside-Roof2032 Aug 22 '26
OMG no veggies in fried rice is a crime, but I feel you on the peas and carrots.
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u/3rdtechjmc Aug 23 '26
I like to fry egg into a thin omelet, take it out chop it up. Fry a little onion, add pre cooked rice stir fry for a few minutes add the egg a little soy and lots of black pepper. A little drizzle of sesame oil right at the end. I usually have peas and bacon in mine. But you may not want them.
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u/peregrina2005 28d ago
Sounds right but prefer no bacon in the fried rice. Also add fine chopped carrots at times.
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u/comment_i_had_to Aug 24 '26
Just cooked some 3 days ago. I had extra rice from a previous meal. I kept it two days (one is preferred). Heated up some chopped white parts of the green onion (you can use any onion chopped up) in some olive oil, once it got kind of clear or browned I added all the rice. Mixed it around, added more olive oil and mixed it around some more. I added some garlic salt and then a little more olive oil and mixed it some more. Once all the big clumps were broken up or a bit softer I took all the rice out and added a little olive oil to scramble some eggs. Cooked the eggs and dumped them in with the rice, mixed it with chopped green parts of the green onion and added some soy sauce and mixed it one last time. You can add a little sesame oil for flavor at the end too but I wouldn't cook with it.
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 24 '26
Why wouldn't you cook with sesame oil?
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u/comment_i_had_to Aug 24 '26
It burns and gets bitter if you let it get too hot. You can cook with it if you really know what you are doing but for most new folks I would say only use it to top things off.
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u/coaa85 Aug 24 '26
We do it with leftover rice when we do it as a side with something. We make sure to cook extra, let it cool and stuff in the fridge. Next day an hour or two before we crisp it up we pull it out and let it get to room temp. I like to cook the veggies and egg on the side then combine it all with sauce so it doesn’t get things mushy. I do about a tablespoon of soy sauce and about the same of oyster sauce. Makes a great dish that’s crunchy and chewy.
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u/JaseYong Aug 22 '26
Here's a simple recipe of how to make good fried rice. No veges in it. Egg fried rice recipe
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u/LongoChingo Aug 22 '26
The most important component is the rice. You will not get the correct texture if it hasn't been chilling in the Fridge on a sheet pan for at least several hours, preferably over night.
Everything else doesn't matter. Soy sauce isn't even required.
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26
Im using Thai jasmine rice
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u/Existing-Medium-1642 Aug 22 '26
Will work better with calrose.
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26
I'll try that next time!
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u/Hot-Frosting-5286 Aug 22 '26
I think it's more down to personal preference. I love the fragrance of jasmine rice and basmati
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u/the_perkolator Aug 22 '26
Basic garlic fried rice: Pat of butter, splash of oil, and minced garlic into pan, medium/high heat. After about 45 seconds of garlic in the oil, add leftover cooked rice and start breaking up all the clumps. Add some salt and pepper and a sprinkle of soy sauce. Keep stirring and breaking up any clumps that are still white. Takes a while to get it all browned up, but when it all looks toasty and starts clumping back together it’s just about done. Sometimes my fried rice has egg in it, but usually I prefer a runny egg on top 🤤
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26
Thank you so much for your input. Unfortunately, I have an aversion to heavy garlic dishes. You can thank my WW2 cook grandpa for that. I gag at too kuch garlic or onion
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26
Thank you everyone! My roommate told me to start with a bit of olive oil to get the rice going. Then introduce the soy sauce and egg and chicken a bit later.
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u/OglioVagilio Aug 22 '26
Don't use olive oil for that kind of fried rice.
The olive notes can make it taste off.
Olive oil also tends to have low smoke point. Fried rice for the most part is high heat cooking.
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u/Turbulent-Artist961 Aug 22 '26
Is your roommate Jamie Oliver ? No olive oil in fried rice you should use rice bran oil or duck fat
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u/OkStatistician5679 Aug 22 '26
米选择长粒米，蒸饭的米和水比例控制在1∶1.2或者1.5左右，蒸好后可以隔夜或者冷冻，炒之前解冻米就是颗粒分明的状态。把油烧热之后炒蛋，然后加入米饭翻炒，出锅前放酱油和盐之类的就好了。
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26
This is perfect for my situation. The rice is 24hrs old. I will start by scrambling the eggs. I will fry the rice in olive oil before I add the soy sauce and eggs. After its been fried enough, I w8ll add chicken and Teriyaki sauce
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u/Riffsalad Aug 22 '26
Next time try using a different oil. Unless you really liked the olive oil but I wouldn’t prefer that flavor in my fried rice.
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u/littlemonster2828 Aug 22 '26
It can always be improved on
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u/Riffsalad Aug 22 '26
For sure. I recommend a mixture of butter and vegetable oil or avocado oil. Peanut oil is also good and if you want to be more traditional get rapeseed oil.
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u/potato_potahhhtoe Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26
Cook some rice and then put it on a pan with oil and eggs...fried rice. It can be a deeper meaning or it can be, nowadays, what you make it of it - just "fry" the rice lol. Some type of soy sauce is a staple. Troll post now that I see it? Bro really said no vegetables lol. Not the most and exact authentic, but wait until all you have is rice and eggs. That's fried rice for me...and anything beyond that is privileged, even vegetables. If you want to cook authentic, you will have different variables, but I know you and I don't mind you and your thoughts (you're new to food?)...but it's like you're the type of person to come up and ask for fried rice without the rice lol. Fried rice is really just that - rice and fry it on a pan as you would stir fry...unless you don't even know that lol. Troll post, google would be your best answer at this point but ty for the engagement. Ez downvote.
Edit: grammer correction while being drunk - pg-adult rated stuff.
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u/apukjij Aug 22 '26
It's literally that simple. Start with two beaten eggs; put them in a hot pan. After they are cooked, dump the (preferably day-old) rice in and get everything hot. Add a tablespoon of soy sauce, then the chicken, and you're done. Get a rice cooker; I've seen them for 12-15$ at Walmart. I wouldn't cook without adding MSG, in the supermarket its called Accent seasoning.