Fried rice help

Use day old rice.

Try cold rice

Some things to try:

Try adding oil or butter to your rice when cooking. 1 tablespoon to three servings.

Try using parboiled rice with oil or butter added.

Try using one or two Tablespoons less water than required, and cooking in microwave Add water and butter or oil to container, bring to a boil in microwave, add rice and lid and cook 15 minutes at 20% power..

Use day old rice. I never do this, but as stated above, it will be drier and likely is what many Chinese places do.

I never use day old rice and never have a problem with sticky/soft/clumpy fried rce.

needs to be at least cold rice

As many said the key is older, cold rice. If I know I'm making fried rice in the evening I'll make the rice in the morning. Stick in the freezer for 30 min and move to the fridge after that. The key is for it to dry out a bit and become firm. Then you can hit it with butter, soy, oil and whatever you want.

I've had success with just an hour or two in the freezer/fridge.

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I used rice I just cooked, I will try that next time for sure.

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There's your first issue.

Use old fried rice from da fridge…. I also find sesame oil sets it off on top of the soy sauce.

Cook the Jasmine Rice the night before and then fry it the next day. I like to mix Oyster sauce and soy sauce and use that instead of just soy sauce.

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I used rice I just cooked

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Main problem

You can use rice just an hour or so old, put it on a sheet pan and spread it out. It will cool to room temp and dry out a little.

If you’re in a hurry, I’ve been able to get the same texture as day old rice by cooking fresh rice and spreading it out on a cookie sheet. Left uncovered in the fridge for a couple hours, it’ll dry out pretty close to how day-old rice in a container does.