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Chinese Yangzhou Fried Rice | (扬州炒饭 – Yángzhōu Chǎofàn)

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Yangzhou fried rice is a Chinese dish consisting of rice, eggs, and vegetables such as carrots, mushrooms, peas, while the common additions also include shrimps, meat, scallions, and Chinese ham. Traditional versions often may incorporate sea cucumbers, crab meat, and bamboo shoots.

Chinese Yangzhou Fried Rice | (扬州炒饭 – Yángzhōu Chǎofàn)

Recipe by Chinese Cooking DemystifiedCourse: MainCuisine: ChineseDifficulty: Medium
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

2

hours 
Cooking time

30

minutes
Calories

513

kcal
Total time

2

hours 

30

minutes

Yangzhou fried rice is a Chinese dish consisting of rice, eggs, and vegetables such as carrots, mushrooms, peas, while the common additions also include shrimps, meat, scallions, and Chinese ham. Traditional versions often may incorporate sea cucumbers, crab meat, and bamboo shoots.

Ingredients

  • 450g Cooked Jasmine Rice.

  • 2 Eggs.

  • 3-4 Dried Shittake Mushrooms

  • 5-6 Dried Scallops

  • 3 tbsp. Reserved Mushroom/Scallop soaking liquid

  • 30g Jinhua Ham

  • 50g Pork Loin

  • 50g Chicken Breast or Thigh

  • 70g Shrimp

  • 30g Peas

  • 40g Bamboo shoots

  • ~4 sprigs Green onions

  • 1tsp. Cornstarch

  • Salt.

  • Sugar.

  • 1 tsp. Stock concentrate

  • 1 tsp Liaojiu. A.k.a. Shaoxing wine, Huangjiu, Chinese Rice Cooking Wine.

  • 1/8 tsp MSG.

  • Lard for frying.

Directions

  • Soak the dried mushroom and scallops for 2 hours in hot boiling water. Reserve the soaking liquid
  • Dice the pork, the chicken, the ham, and the bamboo shoots. Get the reconstituted mushrooms into a small dice, cut each shrimp into three pieces, and cut the scallop into 4-5 small pieces.
  • Marinate the shrimp with ¼ tsp salt and a ½ tsp cornstarch, the chicken and pork is mixed together and marinated with ¼ tsp salt, ½ tsp cornstarch, and also a ½ tsp sugar.
  • For sauce/seasoning liquid, mix three tbsp of that reserved soaking water, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, and the stock concentrate, liaojiu, and MSG.
  • Longyau – get that wok piping hot shut off the heat, add in your oil (here we use lard as the cooking oil), and give it a thorough swirl to get a nice non-stick surface.
  • Fry the shrimp on medium-high heat for 1 minute then take them out and set aside
  • Add in the chicken and pork on medium-high heat for 1 minute. Then add dried mushrooms and scallops, fry for 30 seconds. Add ham, fry for another 30 seconds and add peas and bamboo shoots to the mix. Fry for another 1 minute.
  • Add the seasoning liquid and turn the heat to high.
  • Once it is boiling, take everything out.
  • Rinse the wok and then longyau.
  • Add two whisked eggs and fry for 2 minutes.
  • Add in the rice. Fry by pressing down on the rice with the spatula to break down the clumps and scraping and pulling up from the bottom to prevent sticking.
  • Add the fried ingredients, fry until the water evaporates.
  • Add shrimps and green onions.
  • Mix, shut off the heat, serve!

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