Recipe: Perfect Japanese fried rice

Japanese fried rice. When whipping up Japanese fried rice at home, I try to go with rice that is at least a day old (and preferably refrigerated). Long, scientific story cut super-short: it's because some evaporation. Most fried rice is made with long grain rice which does not stick together due to a higher ratio of amylose to amylopectin.

I craved comfort foods like this rice dish. Japanese fried rice is traditionally cooked on a teppan, a flat open-top grilling surface, but you can make it just as readily in a wok or a large pan. Follow these steps to learn how to make Japanese. You can have Japanese fried rice using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Japanese fried rice

1. You need 2 cup of Medium gain rice.
2. It's 3 cup of Water.
3. You need 1 can of Small can (8.5 oz) corn.
4. It's 1 can of Small can (8.5 oz) of peas.
5. It's 2 tbsp of Butter.
6. You need 3 tbsp of Teriyaki sauce.
7. It's 2 tbsp of Soy sauce.
8. You need of Salt.
9. It's of Pepper.

Japanese fried rice is called 'chāhan' (チャーハンor炒飯). It is also called 'yakimeshi' (焼飯) but I remember that the word 'yakimeshi' was used by older people and younger people called it 'chāhan'. Japanese Fried Rice. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Japanese fried rice is often served with grilled chicken at restaurants.

Japanese fried rice instructions

1. Pour. Water and rice into medium sauce pan or rice cooker and boil for 25 minutes..
2. Strain peas and corn and mix in large bowl.
3. Mix peas, corn, and rice and refrigerate over night..
4. Add butter, soy, and teriyaki sauces to the rice mixture.
5. Cook on high heat in thick bottomed wok or skillet until browned..
6. Salt and pepper to taste.

My favorite variant is to use leftover roasted chicken with the fried rice. It makes it a complete dish. I had a request to make Japanese fried rice so that is what I am going to do. I don't own a hibachi style grill like they use in the restaurants so I am just using a skillet, but the results are pretty much the same. These rice cakes are cooked with leftover Japanese steamed rice.