Chāhan

also called チャーハン · chāhan · chahan · ちゃーはん · 炒飯 · yakimeshi · 焼き飯 · Japanese fried rice

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Chāhan: ingredients down the left, what to do with them across. Tap any cell to cross it off.
Seasoned with soy, sake and white pepper. This is what a household does with yesterday's rice.
2eggsscramble 20 sec, tip out loosereturn everything, 1 min
1 Tbs(15 mL)neutral oil
3 cups(710 mL; cold, out of the fridge)cooked ricefry 3 min, pressing
4 oz(115 g; in 1/4-inch dice)chashu
3(sliced thin)scallions
1 Tbs(15 mL)sake
1/4 tspfine sea salt
1/4 tspwhite pepper
1 Tbs(15 mL)soy sauce
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2scramble 20 sec, tip out loose

3fry 3 min, pressing

4return everything, 1 min

goes in with what steps 2 and 3 made

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4 min
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4 min2 steps run at once
If you get it wrong
Narrow — cold rice fries and warm rice steams, and a pan of steamed rice does not come back however hot the wok gets
  1. scramble 20 sec, tip out loose

    20 secneeds youfrom the start

  2. fry 3 min, pressing

    3 minneeds youfrom the start

  3. return everything, 1 min

    1 minneeds you3 min in

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See how it is written
>> title: Chāhan
>> category: Rice, Beans & Grains
>> tags: japanese, rice, egg, pork, leftovers, quick, weeknight
>> counters: Japanese Home Cooking
>> aka: チャーハン, chāhan, chahan, ちゃーはん, 炒飯, yakimeshi, 焼き飯, Japanese fried rice
>> pairs-with: gohan, chashu, sumashi-jiru
>> servings: 2
>> time: 15 min
>> slack: narrow — cold rice fries and warm rice steams, and a pan of steamed rice does not come back however hot the wok gets

>> step: Seasoned with soy, sake and white pepper. This is what a household does with yesterday's rice.
The Japanese one, and it is seasoned differently: soy, sake and white pepper, no oyster sauce.

>> step: scramble 20 sec, tip out loose
Scramble @eggs{2} in @neutral oil{1%Tbs}(15 mL) in a #wok{} over the highest heat the burner has ~fry{20%sec}, and tip them out onto a plate while they are still loose and wet.

>> step: fry 3 min, pressing
Fry @cooked rice{3%cups}(710 mL; cold, out of the fridge) with @chashu{4%oz}(115 g; in 1/4-inch dice) in the same pan ~fry{3%min}, pressing the rice flat against the metal and turning it, until the grains separate and clatter rather than clumping.

>> step: return everything, 1 min
Return @&(2)scrambled egg{} to @&(~1)rice{} with @scallions{3}(sliced thin), @sake{1%Tbs}(15 mL), @fine sea salt{1/4%tsp}, @white pepper{1/4%tsp} and @soy sauce{1%Tbs}(15 mL) poured round the rim of the pan rather than onto the rice, and ~fry{1%min}.