JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Fried rice is known as comfort food many people. Not only popular on street vendors, this food can also be found in various restaurants.
Apart from that, fried rice is a food that is easy to make at home. Rice as the main ingredient, cooked with ground or sliced spices, soy sauce, as well toppings (conclusion) like it.
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You can make fried rice at home in the style of a hotel restaurant. The aroma is evocative, the taste is delicious.
Check out how to make hotel restaurant-style fried rice, as conveyed by Riezaldy Nugraha, Commis de Cuisine Chef of Novotel Karawang below.
Tips for making fried rice
1. Use pera rice
Not fluffier rice, the best type of rice for making fried rice is pera rice, aka textured rice that tends to be dry and not sticky.
“When making fried rice, you have to use the character (type) of pera rice or one that is easy to mix so that the spices blend easily,” said the chef who is familiarly called Aldy, Saturday (19/10/2024).
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2. Use cold rice
Apart from the type of rice, also pay attention to the temperature conditions of the rice used. Don’t use rice that has just been cooked or is still wet.
“Cold rice is better. If we cook hot rice, it will become sticky because it has more water content,” said Aldy.
The correct way to cool rice to make fried rice, Aldy said, is to wrap it and put it in the refrigerator.
Before using it to cook fried rice, remove the rice and leave it at room temperature for a few moments.
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3. Make sure the pan is hot
The chef is making beefsteak fried rice at the Novotel Karawang.Don’t add spices and rice if the pan is not hot. This can make the rice stick to the pan.
“To cook fried rice, the stove fire must be hot (large). If the pan is not hot, the rice will stick,” said Aldy.
Another function, the high temperature of the stove can help speed up the spices being mixed evenly into the rice.
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4. Add the rice last
Let the spices saute first. Once the oil is hot, the ground spices and sliced spices will be sauteed until the aroma comes out.
After that, add the rice and chop using a spatula while stirring until the spices are evenly mixed.
You just need to add soy sauce and stir the rice again. After that, it can be served immediately or added toppingssuch as eggs, sausage and chicken.
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