Fried rice: Cook the egg before the rice? Or with the rice?

[Folly]

@ThelmaLou

Where did you learn this?

France.

[Push_You_Down]

I make a little pit in the center of the wok-- making the rice form a circle around it. Crack the egg and let it cook and then whisk it into the rice and then serve.

[araminty]

@Saturn_Dreams

The key is to do this very quickly, (like a minute or so), because you don’t want to burn the egg, and over-stirring activates the gluten and promotes stickiness.

Gluten? In rice and/or egg?

[Saturn_Dreams]

@araminty

Gluten? In rice and/or egg?

Ah, I misspoke. What I meant was the rice is glutinous, and you don’t want to over-stir as to activate the starch.