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Simple Japanese Fried Rice 🍳

Ingredients
  

  • — RECIPE —
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • day-old rice is best
  • 4 eggs
  • 5 slices bacon
  • 1 bunch green onion
  • 1 –1.5 tsp salt
  • Lots of black pepper
  • About 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • About 1 tbsp cooking sake
  • 1/2 –1 tsp MSG or chicken powder optional

Instructions
 

  • — HOW TO MAKE —
  • ① High heat the whole time
  • From start to finish, I cook this on high heat.
  • ② Cook the bacon first
  • Cook until the bacon releases plenty of fat.
  • I usually don’t add extra oil — just bacon fat.
  • ③ Add the eggs
  • Crack the eggs directly into the bacon fat.
  • The important part is NOT fully mixing the eggs.
  • Some soft parts, some cooked parts…
  • that texture makes fried rice better.
  • ④ Add the rice
  • Add the rice and mix by cutting through it instead of smashing it.
  • The goal is to keep the rice light and separate.
  • ⑤ Season it
  • Add salt, black pepper, soy sauce, and sake.
  • Optional MSG or chicken powder.
  • ⑥ Add green onion last
  • Toss in the green onion at the end and cook briefly.
  • Extra black pepper is great on top.
  • Ketchup, seaweed, bonito flakes, garlic powder, and curry powder also work surprisingly well.
  • If you don’t like MSG, you don’t need to use it.
  • But personally… I think it tastes better with a little 😌
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