Today I’m making one of my favorite comfort dishes, Yangzhou fried rice with a Cantonese twist. I grew up cooking Cantonese food, so those flavors naturally show up in my wok every time. Instead of the traditional Yangzhou mix of ham and dried scallops, I use char siu and shrimp, which I’m most familiar with. …
Chinese Sausage Fried Rice, made with lup cheong (腊肠), is a beloved comfort dish that’s especially popular around Chinese New Year. The sweet, aromatic flavor of Chinese sausage infuses every grain of rice, bringing both taste and symbolic meaning, abundance and satisfaction, to the festive table. Unlike more elaborate dishes, this fried rice comes together …
Yang Chow fried rice 扬州炒饭 is synonymous to Chinese fried rice to many people. The question is: How to prepare fried rice at home full of wok-hei (wok aroma) comparable to that generated with the high power stove by the Chinese restaurant? I spent the whole last week to modify how I cook in the restaurant, …
This post is about taking shrimp fried rice to the next level. I have written two fried rice-related posts before, How to cook the best Chinese fried rice with only six ingredients and How to prepare the best restaurant-style fried rice. So why the third? The idea to write this post was sparked during dinner …
Cooking fried rice is easy, tasty, and with a wide margin of error. So, you may wonder why I write about how to fry rice in great detail in this post. Because there is a catch! Most Asian restaurants prepare it with a high-power stove that generates intense heat, which is essential to produce excellent …