Main ingredients 🥩
riceeggsmanduoyster sauce
Seungwoo Dad's Mandu Fried Rice
A fluffy golden fried rice where cold rice is pre-coated with egg and oil, then stir-fried with scissors-chopped mandu.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who want to learn the technique of making fluffy, separate rice grains like a Chinese restaurant, instead of a soggy fried rice.
- ⭐ Those who want to create a high-quality fried rice using mandu without the hassle of chopping vegetables and meat individually.
- ⭐ Bachelor cooks who want to use leftover cold rice and frozen mandu for a quick and satisfying one-bowl meal.
Ingredients needed 🛒1 servings
- 1 bowl of cold rice
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 3-4 frozen mandu
- a little oyster sauce (or chicken stock)
Recipe 🍳
- In a wide bowl, put 1 bowl of cold rice, crack 2 eggs, and add 2 tbsp of cooking oil. Mix thoroughly so each grain is coated and not clumpy.
- While the mandu are still frozen, use scissors (instead of a knife and cutting board) to roughly chop them into small pieces, crushing the wrapper and filling together.
- Place a dry frying pan (no oil) over high heat and preheat for about 1 minute until very hot.
- Pour the egg-coated rice into the hot pan. Use chopsticks to break up any clumps and stir-fry as if scattering the rice.
- Keep stir-frying constantly for at least 3 minutes until the rice loses moisture and each grain becomes fluffy and separates easily.
- Add a little oyster sauce or chicken stock (or seasoned salt if you don't have either) for umami, then add the chopped mandu. Stir-fry gently just until the mandu are heated through, then finish.
- Pre-coat cold rice with egg and oil so each grain is thinly coated.
- Pour the coated rice into a dry pan and stir-fry with chopsticks, breaking it apart until fluffy and dry.
- Season lightly with oyster sauce, then add scissors-chopped mandu and stir-fry briefly until warm.
Cooking tips 💡
- The rice must be cold and never microwaved beforehand so the egg and oil coat the surface and prevent a sticky, mushy fried rice.
- Since oil is already added when mixing the rice, do not add extra oil to the pan, or the rice will become greasy and heavy.
- Most commercial frozen mandu are pre-steamed during production, so they only need to be warmed through in the final step to be safe to eat.