Garlic Fried Rice (Chahan)

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Izakaya Seki cook Hiroshi Seki makes fried atom look simple, but the operation and prime of the ingredients are crucial. The effect is axenic comfortableness food, sublime arsenic a late-night snack but satisfying anytime.

Shiso (a Japanese herb successful the mint family), mirin and nori (dried seaweed sheets) tin beryllium recovered astatine Asian markets; nori tin besides beryllium recovered successful galore larger supermarkets and health-food stores.

The cooked atom needs to beryllium wholly cooled successful the refrigerator, preferably overnight. It tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 1 week oregon frozen for up to 6 months. Defrost earlier making the fried rice.

Adapted from a look by Hiroshi Seki, chef-owner of Izakaya Seki successful Northwest Washington.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 1-2

1/2 cupful positive 2 teaspoons canola lipid (may substitute sunflower lipid oregon cottonseed oil)
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 spoon toasted sesame oil
1 1/2 cups cooked, cooled Japanese short-grain atom (see NOTE)
1/4 spoon good oversea salt
1/2 spoon sugar
1 tablespoonful sake
1 tablespoonful mirin (Japanese atom wine, optional; spot headnote)
1 spoon low-sodium soy sauce, positive much to taste
1 tablespoonful thinly sliced shiso leaves (see headnote; whitethorn substitute scallions)
1 tablespoonful thinly sliced nori (see headnote)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 2)

Calories
260
Fat
7 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
43 g
Sodium
360 mg
Protein
4 g
Sugar
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from a look by Hiroshi Seki, chef-owner of Izakaya Seki successful Northwest Washington.

Tested by Joe Yonan.

Published December 20, 2014

Updated March 15, 2026