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Home China Guide Chinese Culture How to Cook Yangzhou Fried Rice

Yangzhou fried rice is also called Yangzhou fried rice with egg. It is a popular Yangzhou specialty with a long history. It’s said that it originates from a powerful minister of the Sui Dynasty, (581 - 618) Yang Su, and his favored dish, Sui Jin Fan (fried rice with egg). It is dazzling with many colorful ingredients. It is also a good choice to make with leftover rice.

Ingredients:

250g cooked rice (or leftovers), 2 eggs, 50g sausage, 50g corn kernels, 50g peas, 10g dried and shelled shrimp, and 4 dried thin mushrooms

Seasonings: 1 soupspoon salad oil, 4g salt, 10g ginger and 3 chives

Note: The amount of the seasonings listed above can be adjusted according to personal taste.

Preparation:

• Clean the ingredients.
• Boil the peas until soft. Remove them to cool water, then drain.
• Soak the dried and shelled shrimp and dried thin mushrooms in warm water for about 30 minutes. Cut into 1/2cm cubes.
• Cut the sausage into 1/2cm cubes.
• Mince the ginger and chives.
• Crack the eggs into a bowl. Whisk the eggs to mix up the yolk and the egg white completely with a wire whisk or chopsticks.

Cooking Instructions:

• Add some cooking oil to the rice and mix with the oil evenly. Heat some cooking oil in a wok and turn down the heat. Add the beaten eggs. After the eggs set, break them into small pieces. Mix the egg pieces with the rice.
• Add some cooking oil to the wok and fry the chives until fragrant. Add the sausage and mushroom and stir-fry briefly. Add some water and cook until dry. Add the peas and corn kernels and stir-fry briefly again. Add the rice and egg pieces and stir-fry evenly. Add some salt and stir-fry until the rice is loose.
• The Yangzhou fried rice is finished.

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