How to Cook Chinese Stir-Fried Rice

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 mins

Ingredients needed to make Chinese Stir-Fried Rice:

• White basmati rice, measured in a 225 ml measuring cylinder
• 2 small onions, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 tbsp + 1 ½ tsp ground nut oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 bacon strips, chopped into ¼’’ pieces
• ¼ oz chinese dried mushrooms
• 1 oz Chinese dried shrimps
• 2 oz fresh peas
• 2 spring onions, split longitudinally and finely chopped
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 tbsp soy sauce

Cooking instructions for Chinese Stir-Fried Rice:

• To cook the rice, heat a frying pan over moderate heat and drizzle 1 ½ tsp oil in it.
• Throw in half of the onions and saute for about 3-4 minutes, while stirring frequently, until it browns slightly.
• Stir in the rice and cook until they are well coated with the oil.
• Pour in boiling water, along with a dash of salt and give it a nice stir before putting on the lid.
• Cook the rice over slowest flame for about 15 minutes without stirring it even once in the middle of cooking to prevent it from releasing starch and becoming sticky.
•  Check the amount of liquid in it by tilting the pan slightly; in case there is some, return it to the heat and cook for a minute.
• Remove from heat and open the lid of the pan.
• Cover it with a clean cloth and set aside for about 5-10 minutes or until it cools completely.
• Place the mushrooms and shrimps into a small bowl and fill it up with 16 fl oz of boiling water.
• Soak them for half an hour and then press them firmly to squeeze out any moisture.
• Throw away the mushrooms stalks and cut them into fine slices.
• Pour half of the oil in a wok and heat it over moderate flame.
• Throw in rest of the onions plus bacons and stir fry for about 3 minutes until the latter is crisp.
• Stir in the shrimps, mushrooms as well as peas and continue to saute for a minute, stirring occassionally.
• Pour rest of the oil and heat it over moderate flame until it is smoking hot.
• Add the rice and continue to stir fry the mixture for half a minute before spreading it out in the pan.
• Pour the beaten eggs into the middle and stir fry the mixture until the eggs is scrambled and is distributed throughout the mixture.
• Add a splash of soy sauce, along with the spring onions and give it one nice stir.
• Serve hot.

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