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Almost every cuisine in the world offers a selection of fried rice recipes and while techniques for preparing the dish may be similar, the ingredients and finished dishes can vary greatly. There are an infinite variety of ingredients that can go into a fried rice dish, and the collection of recipes from around the world is constantly growing.
Many cuisines like China and throughout Asia, start with rice and these dishes are a foundation for meat and seafood dishes to follow. Fried rice may also be served as a one dish meal, offering rice with a few fresh ingredients or a complex recipe of many ingredients, including spices, meats, seafood, and vegetables.
The dish can be prepared on the stovetop in a frying pan, but is best prepared in a properly seasoned wok. Like other stir-fry dishes, it is prepared quickly over high heat, cooking ingredients quickly, infusing flavors but not losing the freshness of the ingredients.
Many Asian style fried rice dishes start with long grain rice, a rice that cooks less sticky, and then the rice is cooled and stored for several days. In this fashion the rice dries even more and becomes somewhat hard to the touch, the entire idea behind these techniques is to avoid using sticky rice.
When cooking long grain Chinese rice, prior to stir-frying it, and for specific use of preparing the stir-fry dish, always rinse the rice several times before boiling it, to reduce the amount of starch in the rice.
Another technique to achieve great fried rice is to add a very small amount of oil directly to the cooked rice, prior to stir-frying and work the oil through the rice, separating the grains even further.
The site offers a collection of tried and tested rice recipes for creating wonderful dishes appropriate to the cuisine and meal menu you have selected. So, whether you are cooking for one or a dinner party, making a one dish meal or a dish to accompany a colorful meat or vegetable stir-fry, you'll find exactly what you need right here.
Additionally, we offer great tips on every page. Everything from selecting and seasoning a wok, ingredient definitions, cooking perfect rice for stir frying, to what dishes your fried rice recipe would accompany well.
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