Stir-Fried Rice - the Chinese Restaurant Style

Have you tried stir-fried rice at Chinese restaurants? They are so delicious.

But, in case you tried to duplicate this at home, you probably found it difficult. I am so happy to share this little secret recipe of mine with you.


Ingredients (for two persons)
left-over rice                     200g                  
eggs                                 2
green onions                    2                         
shrimps                            9 large ones
soy sauce                        2-3 tablespoons  

1. Keep rice in a freezer if it is still warm

2. Put shrimps in salted water if shrimps are frozen

3. Cut green onions and shrimps

4. Break eggs over rice. Mix them thoroughly with hands. Every grain of rice should be coated with eggs.

5. Drain shrimps. Coat shrimps with potato starch.

6. On a preheated pan, pan-fry shrimps. When they are cooked, remove them from the pan.

7. Add more oil to the pan. Pour green onion pieces on the pan and stir them.

8. Add egg rice to the pan. Stir it for one minute.
If undercooked, raw egg will be tasted. If overcooked, the rice turns rubbery due to egg whites.

9. Drizzle soy sauce in a few areas of a pan.

The amino-acid and suger in soy sauce develop hundreds of nice flavors at the temperate 120-180 degree C. This is why we use soy sauce instead of salt.

10. Put shrimps back to the pan and mix them with the rice.

11. Serve the rice.