No, an egg did not in fact fry this rice. Because it's an egg.
For such a simple dish there's a decent bit of technique and timing involved to execute it 'well'. The main things being:
- not to overload the pan
- cook your add-ins in individual batches.
- have everything prepped before you start
- use day old rice or make sure to dry the rice really well before hand
- do not go too crazy with the amount of add-ins
- use a wok if you can
This can be made on a normal western electric stove but it requires a bit more finesse and waiting for the pan to recover its heat before moving onto the next step as we don't have a 15k BTU jet burner. I've personally just moved to making this on a little cheap portable gas stove because it allows for better control over the temp and also so I don't have to worry about smoking out the house.
While there is a certain dogma online about what fried rice is and isn't. It is a dish to use as a template to get rid of leftovers or just have fun with.
Thanks for reading and have a nice day <3
One thing to remember if you get confused about egg fried rice is that it only requires three ingredients:
No but I have been on an Uncle Roger binge streak lately, highly recommend his YouTube channel if you want egg fried rice based comedy content.