This is how you make fried rice

[amirm]

Japanese fried rice that is:

He put so much egg in there. I wish we could get those super yellow eggs in US. We found one that was close to it but can't buy it anymore.

And all this for one serving???

 

[BlueTunes]

Corn fed chickens?

It's easy to Wok when you've a jet engine

 

[Keith_W]

He obviously has some skill! This is a Chinese fried rice:

Turn on subtitles and go to 1:34 for some wok action.

This one is mine:

Which I cooked on my outdoor wok burner:

You can tell the quality of a fried rice by looking at it. You want to see that it looks dry and the grains are separate. Some of the rice should be slightly caramelized, which gives you the wok hei. I achieve the separate grains by cooking the rice with less water, or you could use day old rice. I spread the rice on a tray, season it, and rub rendered pork lard into the mixture so that there is less stress while i'm cooking it. I don't have the wok tossing skills that the pros have. I can achieve the same high heat as those videos, but you have to be VERY FAST otherwise your rice will be burnt in no time.

The real secret is to realize that moisture is the enemy of good fried rice. You want a drier rice. All inclusions (especially meat) need to be precooked to drive out moisture. If it weeps moisture while you are cooking, the rice will absorb the moisture and turn gluggy. If fresh veggies are added, they must be added at the end of cooking. If sauces or rice wine are added, they should be drizzled down the side of the wok (as you see both chefs doing) to evaporate some moisture and alcohol and to slightly caramelize the sauce.

 

[amirm]

Do you add MSG?

 

[thewas]

How NOT to do it, quite funny watch:

The video creator became so popular that he is opening now his own restaurants around the globe.

 

[Audionaut]

quite funny watch

Yes, love it

 

[Keith_W]

Do you add MSG?

OF COURSE!!! I'm Chinese (same nationality as Uncle Roger actually!), I add MSG to almost everything!

 

[amirm]

I have started to do the same.

 

[Spkrdctr]

The latest studies that I saw say there is nothing wrong with MSG just treat it like salt. You don't want to over salt anything, same for MSG. Use it and enjoy it but don't put in way too much.

 

[Spkrdctr]

I love fried rice and due to health issues am not allowed to eat it anymore and haven't had any in 5 years. Just thinking of good fried rice makes me tear up. Good fried rice is food from the Gods.Good fried rice is AMAZING!

 

[digitalfrost]

I wish we could get those super yellow eggs in US.

The color of the eggs mostly depends on the betacarotene content. It depends on what the chickens eat. If they are free range and can eat bugs and the good stuff, the yolk will be very orange. I usually buy free range eggs and I definitely notice in winter time when they cannot go outside the yolks are a lot more yellow than during summer time, where they will be very orange.

 

[JeffS7444]

Instead of pure MSG or salt, I've been using powdered chicken bouillon, think I got the idea from YT channel "Cooking with Lau". Turns out, the stuff has a lot of uses, which might explain why my local shops mostly stock it in 1 kg cans.

 

[PristineSound]

The latest studies that I saw say there is nothing wrong with MSG just treat it like salt. You don't want to over salt anything, same for MSG. Use it and enjoy it but don't put in way too much.

These "latest studies" are actually rather old, easily over a decade old. I don't know if there were formal scientific studies conducted (I'm sure there is, I just never went looking for it), but there were multiple investigative journalists who debunked this myth. Further, unfortunately it is believed that there is an element of racism that perpetrated this urban myth. I remember back in the 90's when this urban myth was all over the news, many Chinese takeout restaurant across the US starting to put "No MSG" on their menu, but I am confident they didn't changed their ingredients, they probably thought to themselves "well if they are going to slander us, we'll just tell them whatever they want to hear."

I don't use MSG at home because we cook with a lot of herbs and spice, so we get plenty of flavor and umami as it is.

 

[Karmacoma]

Japanese fried rice that is:

He put so much egg in there. I wish we could get those super yellow eggs in US. We found one that was close to it but can't buy it anymore.

And all this for one serving???

I'm sorry but I can't help connecting that post to a post you made a couple of days ago about you being on a low carb diet.
Stop hurting yourself

 

[PristineSound]

I used to cook a mean Thai fried rice, I would cook the rice using coconut milk and fresh basil would be one of the key herbs used.

Alas, age has caught up, I no longer eat too much carbs to keep the triglycerides in check.

 

[sqrl]

These "latest studies" are actually rather old, easily over a decade old. I don't know if there were formal scientific studies conducted (I'm sure there is, I just never went looking for it), but there were multiple investigative journalists who debunked this myth. Further, unfortunately it is believed that there is an element of racism that perpetrated this urban myth. I remember back in the 90's when this urban myth was all over the news, many Chinese takeout restaurant across the US starting to put "No MSG" on their menu, but I am confident they didn't changed their ingredients, they probably thought to themselves "well if they are going to slander us, we'll just tell them whatever they want to hear."

I don't use MSG at home because we cook with a lot of herbs and spice, so we get plenty of flavor and umami as it is.

Systematic review shows no difference between MSG and placebo in double-blind studies. The blood-brain barrier is impermeable to glutamate from the bloodstream and actively transportss it out of the brain, so a central nervous system effect is unlikely. There have been some case reports of heart rhythm abnormalities in individuals, but there is no epidemiological evidence to suggest a causal relationship. The NIH classifies MSG as Generally Recognized As Safe.

 

[PristineSound]

Systematic review shows no difference between MSG and placebo in double-blind studies. The blood-brain barrier is impermeable to glutamate from the bloodstream and actively transportss it out of the brain, so a central nervous system effect is unlikely. There have been some case reports of heart rhythm abnormalities in individuals, but there is no epidemiological evidence to suggest a causal relationship. The NIH classifies MSG as Generally Recognized As Safe.

Yup, as suspected, which is why I never bother to go find a proper scientific study. After watching numerous investigative reporting and the root of how this urban myth came about, that was enough for me.

 

[BlueTunes]

Do you add MSG?

Or as we say in our house, MS-effin' G

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[xray]

Systematic review shows no difference between MSG and placebo in double-blind studies

I had a co-worker who said he couldn't eat anything with MSG so when we went for team lunches at Chinese restaurants he would always ask which dishes had it. He only are the ones that the server says was MSG free and never complained after. I'm willing to bet all the dishes had MSG.

 

[amirm]

Instead of pure MSG or salt, I've been using powdered chicken bouillon, think I got the idea from YT channel "Cooking with Lau". Turns out, the stuff has a lot of uses, which might explain why my local shops mostly stock it in 1 kg cans.

I bought that as i saw it in some Chinese recipes but have not used it. Thanks for reminding me.