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. …
Today I want to share a Japanese garlic fried rice recipe that I learned from a restaurant chef. If you are looking for an easy and tasty meal, you are in the right place. Simple ingredients, quick and easy cooking technique, and delicious upon delicious. According to my chef friend, the secret of preparing Japanese garlic …
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 …
Have you ever replicate the restaurant style Chinese fried rice, but still fall short of the result you want after trying all the methods on the internet, YouTube and recipe books? This article is aimed to provide the final piece of the missing puzzle that you are searching for. I am referring to the simple …