Fried rice is best from left over rice; so, when you have plain rice
left over from Chinese take-outs, keep it in the fridge and use it to
cook fried rice.
In the case where you would like to try this using fresh rice, then
before cooking store your cooked plain rice, uncovered, in the fridge
for at least 2 hours to dry it out a little.
Chinese-style Fried rice
Ingredients
Day-old cooked Rice or freshly cooked, quantity according to portions you need
1 shallot or red onion, diced
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cm ginger, minced or slice
1-2 tsp sesame seeds
mix vegetable, according to portions you need
few dashes of oyster sauce
few dashes of light soy sauce
white/black pepper , to taste
Method
1) Heat oil in a wok, put in minced onion and ginger. Cook until
fragrant. Then add-in minced garlic & sesame seeds, cook until
browned. Be careful not to burn garlic or it will taste bitter.
2) When aromatics are fragrant, add in mix vegetables. Stir-fry for a few minutes.
3) Add in rice, seasoning and mix everything well. Stir fry until rice
is "jumping" in the wok because you want to achieve the "char" (not
burn) flavour in the rice.
4) Serve hot as side dish or main.