How To Use Cooked Rice For Fried Rice
The amount of water you add when cooking rice will make a difference.
How to use cooked rice for fried rice. Step 4 use a fork to fluff the rice grains and transfer to a large baking tray. Add rice to the pan and stir it around with a spatula for about two minutes do not turn the burner on too high you don t want the rice to burn. This helps quickly pull out moisture from the rice making it similar to day old rice.
Place the rice uncovered in the fridge for at least 30 minutes overnight is best though before using for fried rice. If you find your fried rice is turning out rather mushy try reducing the amount of water to cook the rice. A typical recipe for cooking long grain white rice uses a 1 to 1 5 ratio which means you would add 1 cup of rice to 1 1 2 cups of water.
4 use the spatula to push the rice to one half of the pan then push the pan to the side of the burner so that the empty side of the pan is in the middle of the burner.