By iliketobake

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
14 May 2008 21:36

Hello peeps,

I am thinking of making egg fried rice and was wondering anyone know what i could make to go with it. My parents coming around twice next week and we all love chinesse food so thinking of something which will be relatively simple but nice.

First time they come around i am going to make chicken in white sauce in filo pastry with chips. They dont like the sound of anything new so that is easy and simple but second time they come around i want to do chinesse.

Any suggestions on chinesse dishes would be great. They do not like noodles thou, just so you know incase you mention it.

I never really make meals from scratch and as i am always baking i thought it would be nice to start making meals from scratch as not only would this make me feel proud of myself if people enjoy the meal but also something new for me to master and learn.

Thank you,
Mat

Replies

By riitta

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
15 May 2008 00:02

Mat, if you have a wok, it is so easy to throw together a stir fry, the bulk of the work is in the preperation, you must have all your veg cut all to a similar size,and ready before you start to make your dish, fry off your chosen meat, I usually use chicken breast or pork fillet, once it is cooked remove from the wok and add the longest cooking veg first and then the others again in order of the length of cooking time, add the previously cooked meat with any juices, and add your chosen sauce. I serve it with fried rice too.

By JoyH Yorkshire

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
15 May 2008 00:04

I snagged this from another food site and make it often, it's quite authentic. It's also very good with a bit of chilli added when sauteeing the veg (for adventurous eaters) Have low-salt soy sauce handy for guests to add their own at the table.

CHINESE EGG-FRIED RICE
Sorry no quantities, but it's easy enough to calculate how much you need.

Cook up a pan of basmatti rice(using a chicken or veg stock cube in the water) set aside and allow to get completely cold.

Beat a couple of eggs and a little salt and make a plain omelette, allow to cool, roll up like a sausage and cut into thin strips. Set aside.

In a frying pan gently sauté some finely chopped onions, ginger, garlic, red peppers, sliced button mushrooms, set aside.

In a large clean frying pan heat a little tasteless oil (not olive) when hot add the cold rice and briskly stir-fry it together with the sautéed veg, some cooked prawns, thin strips of cooked chicken and or ham, a handful of frozen peas and the egg strips. Stir-fry until it's absolutely piping hot, stirring a little drizzle of toasted sesame oil at the end.

Add chopped coriander and basil & fork through before serving. Garnish the top with crushed roasted cashew or peanuts & the green parts of spring onions finely chopped.

It's important to have all the components of the dish prepped and to hand before you start cooking.
A teacup of uncooked rice will serve two people.

By top conker

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
15 May 2008 08:19

Here's tyhe real deal for egg fried rice from a Chinese restaurant, it looks a lot but really I tried to write down everything I could to explain it properly.
TC
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Real Chinese Fried Rice

Wash about 2 mugs of dry long grain rice until the water is reasonably clear then add lots of boiling water and let it sit for a couple of minutes and no more. Drain and rinse again, and put in the water for cooking it to a depth of about 1/2 - 1/3 of an inch above the rice surface. Bring to the boil and then turn down to a simmer until done.

Spread the cooked rice out on a couple of dinner plates and allow to dry and cool at normal kitchen temps - force cooling the rice will reduce the evaporation of water from the surface of the grains and cause condensation on the plates, and that's bad!

Chop 6 (yes, six!) spring onions very, very finely.

Beat 2 eggs in a cup.

Now, when the rice is cold (cold, not cool, cold - it matters) heat a wok up until it's as hot as your cooker can get it and then add about 3 - 4 tablespoons of peanut (groundnut) oil. When the oil starts smoking dump in half the onions and the right on their tail put in half the cold rice. Stir-fry it for about 2 minutes.

Quickly pull the rice back from the centre and put in half the egg. Give it 2 or 3 seconds to partly set and then push the rice into it before it finishes setting. Stir for a minute or so. Give it a good chug of DARK soy sauce (about 2 teaspoons), stir a bit more. Put in 2/3 of a teaspoon of salt and 1/2 a teaspoon of MSG. give it no more than another 30 seconds and you're done.

DON'T miss out the MSG or the rice will be little better than brown boiled rice, believe me.
Repeat for the other half.

I meant to add that the rice should be covered at all times (except about 8 minutes into cooking when, despite all the bull you will hear to the contrary, you should give it 1 very brief stir) and cooked over a very low heat. Oh, and I said use half of the rice, egg and spring onion because you need fast even cooking so you should do it in two batches. The rest of the ingredients (oil and soy sauce should be put into each half batch).

As for chicken fried rice: add chicken to the mix and you're pretty much done.

By *Crumbs

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
15 May 2008 08:47

TC is so right about the rice being v. cold. My DIL is Chinese and she always cooks rice the day before needed and refrigerates it.

Chicken and cashew with broccoli

2tblsp veg oil
500g chicken chopped coarsley
1 clove garlic
1 small leek sliced thinly(200g)
1 med carrot (120g) sliced thinly
250g broccoli chopped in small pieces( or 125g mushrooms sliced)
1tsp cornflour
125 ml chicken stock
2 tblsp oyster sauce
75g unsalted roasted cashews

1 Heat half of the oil in a wok or large frying pan. Stir fry the chicken in batches until browned. Remove from wok

2 Heat remaining oil in wok. Stir fry garlic, leek carrot and broccoli or mushrooms until leek is soft.

3 Return chicken to wok with blended cornflour and stock, sauce and nuts. Stir until mixture boils and thickens slightly.

Sometimes I add a little chopped pineapple to this stirfry, and a tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce.

Hope this helps.
crumbs :-)

By iliketobake

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
15 May 2008 09:05

Thanks everyone,

they all sound lovely. funny thing i bought a heavyduty wok 2 weeks ago and not tried it yet but will try it now.

Thank you.
Mat

By top conker

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
15 May 2008 11:12

Crumbs,
Your recipe sounds really good, and I'll certainly try it very soon, any more like this from your DIL?
TC
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By nanny ogg

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
15 May 2008 16:32

hi, mat glad you asked this question, some nice recipes
here, I shall be doing them, by the way, where abouts in the world are you? you don't say in your profile.
xxxx

By iliketobake

Re: Stir Fry , suggestions please
15 May 2008 16:39

I am from UK, Wales.

When i go to "My Profile" > Edit My Details > I fill in location, interests etc then select "Save" but for some reason it never shows and does not save my info.

There must be a glitch in the programming code or something.

Been trying for a few days now.

Yes these are some lovely nice looking recipes will have to try them all. I am going to copy and paste then print for future reference.

Mat