# Old School Chinese Takeaway Egg Fried Rice

This recipe shows how to make old school Chinese takeaway egg fried rice.

- Total time: 1 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 serving rice
- 2 drops dark soy
- 0 light soy
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch MSG
- 1 beaten egg
- 0 veg oil

## Instructions

1. Cook rice using a rice cooker.
2. Put cooked rice into a tray, and let it cool down within 90 minutes. The quicker the better.
3. Cover the tray with tin foil and refrigerate overnight.
4. Uncover rice, and add a couple of drops of dark soy, some light soy (optional), a pinch of salt and a pinch of MSG.
5. Mix all together.
6. In a hot wok with veg oil, add one beaten egg and stir to make ribbons.
7. When the egg is seared, add the rice.
8. With the back of your ladle, knock the rice down to get rid of lumps and help the rice get that char flavor.
9. Add more salt and MSG.
10. Mix it in, knock it down, let it sit for another 20-30 seconds and then cook it till it's piping hot.
11. Plate it up.

## Equipment

- rice cooker
- tray
- tin foil
- wok
- ladle

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeYEfST/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3f8bb933-4773-43f6-9290-47077af8fbe6
- Extracted: 2025-03-06

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