Fried Rice | Basics with Babish

Fried rice is incredibly easy to make and can be tweaked a thousand different ways to clean out your fridge or assuage the picky eater in your life. If your resolution is to get cooking more in 2019, this is a great place to start.

+ Ingredients & Shopping List:
4.5 cups cooked and chilled white rice
Salt
Vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
Shrimp (or protein of your choice)
1/2 cup shiitake mushrooms, chopped
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 cup chopped ham
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 Tbsp oyster sauce
3 Tbsp soy sauce
Scallions, thinly sliced
Sesame seeds
1 Tbsp butter

+ Special Equipment:
Wide nonstick pan

Music:
"90s Kid", "Mr. Miyagi" by Blue Wednesday

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Theme song: "Stay Tuned" by Wuh Oh

[jameschang]

"Pretty much similar to how we do it here in China..."
*Tosses a knob of butter in
"It got Americanized"

[Gorpinster]

Tsk tsk. Asian grandmothers everywhere are frowning on the lack of sesame oil and such calculated ingredients. Everyone knows you just toss everything in a pan and call it a day.

[James-otej]

“ingredients you can pronounce”
wHaT aBout *wosterrhechiresshichire sauce* HUH?!

[shynocru]

it's not how i cook rice but it's miles better than from bbc

[wtfsal]

hi 👋 im vietnamese and my family really love fried rice !!
there’s a trick we would always do is that while frying the rice use the spatula or spoon to press the rice down the pan. that will make the rice hav some crunchy bits which is really nice !

anyway i just wanted to share a lil asian tip for everyone :>> hav a nice day

[zerovine]

3:25
ᵀʰᵉʳᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᶦᵗ ᶠᵒˡᵏˢ, ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵛᵉʳʸ ᵒʷⁿ ʰᵒᵐᵉᵐᵃᵈᵉ ᶠʳᶦᵉᵈ ʳᶦᶜᵉ.

[Dynasty]

Ditch the vegetable oil at the end for toasted sesame seed oil.

[curiosoazuremeadow]

me: "alright okay seems legit"
*Adds butter*
HAIYAAA

[gook]

This is how I do my fried rice

1: add *pressed* garlic in to hot oil
2: add protein of your choice
3: add you veggies
4: add rice
5:add egg (this help egg to *coat* the rice)
6: season with soy sauce, sugar
7: stir for a bit
8: serve with lime and scallion

That’s it 1 pan, 1 plate

[nqsjlkb]

3:26 why did you ASMR whisper in my left ear 😭

[branm]

I’m Asian so I came into this world prebuilt with rice knowledge

[fuzzybuzzy]

Came here after witnessing that rice travesty from Uncle Roger.

[RobbyBobbyBoy]

You're telling me a shrimp fried this rice?

[thedarklord]

For anyone else, did the audio go weird around 3:25?

[MrRandom]

The most controversial Basics with Babbish since he used 4 burners at once to make gourmet Tacos and was still considered "basics."

[atlas]

And here we are... after watching and suffering from that BBC "fried rice"video.

[ChadMojito]

Dat jumpscare at 3:26 when all the voice was suddenly in the right channel only

[zilch]

*places chopsticks in bowl
*asians start sweating

[alexgee]

my right ear really enjoyed the announcement that the dish was complete

[hdogg]

Low key want Uncle Roger to review this tutorial too