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Chahan is a Japanese fried rice recipe that turns cooked rice, egg, and simple seasonings into a quick ramen shop style dish in about 10 minutes. The best texture usually starts with day old rice or freshly cooked rice that has been cooled so the grains stay separate in the pan. Egg, green onion, garlic, ginger, ham, chashu, pork, shrimp, or vegetables can be stir fried quickly over high heat to create a savory aroma. Soy sauce, salt, pepper, sesame oil, chicken stock powder, or a little sake adds the familiar umami flavor often served beside ramen. The key is fast cooking, enough heat, and not overcrowding the pan so the rice becomes fragrant instead of soggy. The final chahan is fluffy, savory, and satisfying, perfect for lunch, dinner, leftovers, bento boxes, or pairing with ramen, gyoza, miso soup, or Japanese pickles.
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00:08Hi everyone, it's Yuto from SachiRecipes.com and today I'm going to show you how to make
00:13a delicious ramen restaurant-style fried rice dish we call Chahan. I'll be using leftover
00:19chashu for this recipe, so if you're interested in making your own pork chashu from scratch,
00:24feel free to check out this recipe on my channel.
00:27For two portions of ramen restaurant-style Chahan, you'll need 80g of pork chashu, 3
00:36slices of kamaboko fishcake , 30g of spring onion, 1.5 tbsp of lard, 2 eggs,
00:46200g of cooked rice, 1.25 tsp of fine white pepper, 2g of salt, which is about 1.25 tsp,
00:561.5 tsp of Chinese chicken stock powder, 2 tbsp of char shu marinade, and pickled ginger,
01:04Benishoga to garnish. So first we're going to prepare all the ingredients. I have a large
01:11spring onion here that we call negi. I like to cut long strips like this, leaving the end intact.
01:28Then you can finely dice it like this. We cook fried rice on a high heat, so the ingredients need
01:35to be
01:36cut small so that they cook evenly. Next, I have kamaboko, which is a type of Japanese fish cake that
01:47is
01:48usually served on udon noodles. Ramen uses a similar one called narutomaki. This fried rice is made in the
01:56similar way as a ramen restaurant. They often use leftover ramen ingredients and fry them with rice.
02:03That's why I wanted to add fish cake here. You can buy kamaboko or narutomaki in Japanese supermarkets,
02:10but it's okay if you leave it out. Next, I have 80g of homemade char shu here, and I'm just
02:21gonna cut it into small pieces.
02:24Like I mentioned earlier, the recipe is on my channel, but if you don't want to make char shu from
02:29scratch,
02:30you can use any kind of leftover meat like roast pork or roast chicken. If you want to use raw
02:37meat,
02:37you should cook the first before making the fried rice.
02:57Let's cook the fried rice.
02:57Okay, my prep is done. Let's cook. Take a decent sized wok and heat it on high.
03:05Once it's hot, add half a tablespoon of lard. Lard really adds great flavour to this dish.
03:12I don't think it'll be the same without it. When it's melted, add two eggs. I'm just gonna stir fry
03:20them
03:20until they're a runny scrambled consistency. Next, let's add the rice and fry until the eggs have
03:39firmed up. This is rice I cooked yesterday and then kept in the fridge overnight. Because it's chilled
03:45and dried out a little, it fries perfectly. If you make fresh rice, you might want to let it cool
03:53down
03:53before frying, otherwise it might get mushy. I recommend spreading it out on a baking sheet to
03:59cool and chilling it in the fridge for a little while before making fried rice.
04:06Okay, let's add the rest of the ingredients and mix them in.
04:10Chaham was brought to Japan by Chinese immigrants around 1860 and became a staple in Japanese homes
04:18as it's a good way to use up leftover rice. We also call fried rice yakimeshi but the one served
04:26in
04:26ramen restaurant is often called chaham because it's more Chinese style. Finally, we're gonna add the
04:33seasonings. Add two tablespoons of char siu marinade and sprinkle with salt, white pepper and chicken stock.
04:44If you didn't make char siu and therefore don't have any marinade, you can make a little sauce instead.
04:51I've put ingredients for the substitute sauce on the screen and in the description.
04:58Okay, we just stir fry this for one to two minutes. If you have a wok, you can kind of
05:04toss the rice like this.
05:11Finally, let's dish up. You can use a small bowl but I have a ladle here. I'm just gonna pack
05:17the rice in
05:19and turn it out onto the plate.
05:31Garnish with a Japanese pickled ginger called Benishoga for a refreshing kick.
05:37And there you have it, delicious ramen restaurant style fried rice, the ultimate leftovers dish.
05:44Thanks so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed this recipe. If you did, don't forget to like.
05:49And if you want to see more tasty Japanese recipes, subscribe to my channel. Thanks again. Hope to see you
05:55next time.
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