Fried Rice
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Serves
4
Ingredients
- 1 eggs (whisked)
- 2 spring onions (use the 2 greens but only 1 white)
- a pinch of salt
- a tiny pinch of sugar
- 1 tbsp of neutral oil ( plus a few more to coat the pan before you start)
- ~250g of steamed rice
- a few squirts of light soy sauce
- a 9" cast iron skillet
- a spatula
Steps
- Get the pan to medium heat. Leave the skillet for a few minutes, for it to accumulate heat.
- Coat the pan generously with oil, make sure the skillet is nicely coated. Get that oil out in a container to reuse for that same purpose later.
- Add 1 tbsp of fresh oil to the pan.
- Drop the eggs in, and stir it vigorously. It should blend in, almost emulsify with the oil in the pan.
- Drop the rice before the egg is fully set.
- Don’t lift the pan. Use your spatula to break lumps gently, spread the rice, and then flip it on itself. Repeat.
- When the rice starts dancing, add the seasoning, add the white part of the onions. Stir a little.
- Crank the heat up to the max.
- Drop the soy. Stir. Stir. Stir. Green part of onions. Stir. Stir. Stir. No more than a minute total.
- Off the heat. Little more green spring onions on it. Eat asap.
Notes
NB: The steam should should steam and toast, not smoke and burn.