Chinese · IV The Method
Cantonese Fried Rice — Egg Technique and Wok Hei Order
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Description
Cantonese fried rice (chao fan, 炒饭) is a preparation in which day-old rice is stir-fried in a blazing-hot wok with eggs, protein, vegetables, and soy sauce to produce a rice with distinct, separate grains, wok hei aromatic complexity, and a well-seasoned, slightly smoky flavour. The technique differs from the Yangzhou style primarily in the egg technique — many Cantonese fried rice preparations coat each grain of rice individually with beaten egg before stir-frying (the 'gold-wrapped-silver' or 'egg-fried-rice-in-advance' technique), producing a rice where every grain has a thin egg coating that crisps slightly in the hot wok.
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Flavour Context
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