Best Chicken Fried Rice
in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
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Chicken Fried Rice
Chicken Fried Rice is a popular Chinese-style comfort dish made by stir-frying cold, cooked rice in a wok with seasoned chicken pieces, eggs, and a mix of vegetables like peas, carrots, and spring onions.
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Freshly cooked rice contains too much moisture, which causes it to turn mushy or clump together when stir-fried in a wok. By using rice that has been chilled—ideally overnight—the grains become firmer and drier. This allows each individual grain to be coated in oil and seasonings, achieving the distinct, chewy, and "separated" texture that defines high-quality fried rice.
In most Western Chinese takeaways, Chicken Fried Rice is versatile enough to serve as both. Because it contains protein (chicken and egg), carbohydrates (rice), and vegetables, it is often ordered as a standalone main meal. However, many people also order it as a more flavorful side dish to accompany saucy entrées like Sweet and Sour Chicken or Beef in Black Bean Sauce, using the rice to soak up the extra gravy.
That unique, charred taste is known as "Wok Hei" (the breath of the wok). It is achieved by stir-frying the rice over an extremely high flame in a carbon steel wok. This intense heat causes the sugars in the soy sauce and the starches in the rice to caramelise and slightly sear, creating a complex, smoky aroma that is very difficult to replicate on a standard home stove.
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