What makes Chinese rice tastier than the rice I cook at home?

Answer 1

if you mean white rice, yes thai jasmine rice is quite good. do wash the rice first as they can be quite dirty. getting rid of some of the starch is good too as it is suppose to be fluffly and in individual grains, unlike rissoto. Just put the rice in a container, fill up with water and swoosh it around a little. do it about 2-3 times to clean it up.

Answer 2

I'm guessing, like PixieChick, that you use a different kind of rice. The rice at the Chinese restaurant is sticky. If you use Riceland or Uncle Bens you will get fluffy separate grains. What you want in Rose rice or the jasmine rice like she mentioned. As you go grocery shopping look at what Asian people have in their baskets.

Answer 3

Chinese cooks frequently "wash" the rice before cooking, which involves rubbing the rice with your hands in water to remove the excess starch. This makes the rice less gummy and gives it a more distinct flavor. I prefer to keep the starch on.

Answer 4

My ex-boyfriend is Chinese and he cooked with Jasmine rice instead of just plain white rice and it was sooooo much tastier!

Answer 5

Chinese Fried Rice

1 cup long grain rice (Jasmine)
2 to 3 eggs, beaten
3 tbsp. cubed ham or Chinese roast pork
Prawns, cut to size
3/4 cup frozen peas, thawed
2 tbsp. chopped scallions
1 handful bean sprouts
1/3 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
2 to 3 drops sesame oil
2 tsp. dry sherry or Chinese wine
1 to 2 tbsp. peanut oil

Directions:
Wash rice well and cover with boiling water by ¼ inch. Microwave on high for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Heat Wok to VERY hot. Add peanut oil and heat. Add the beaten eggs and stir fry until dry. Cut them up as you go with your spatula (charn if Chinese). Add ham and prawns; stir for 30–40 seconds. Tip out onto a plate and keep.

Heat wok to VERY hot. Add peanut oil. Throw in the rice and stir and as you do keep breaking up the rice. Keep doing this for about 3 minutes (Wok must be kept really hot).

Throw in the egg mixture and stir well. Add salt and sugar; stir well. Add all other ingredients; stir well. Serve.

Answer 6

Chinese rice, normally they put a bit of salt in the rice. Try it. It'll make your rice taste better. Another way to make your rice taste and smell better is to put pandan leaf when cooking.

Answer 7

after the rice is cooked ,make sure to wait until the rice cools down

Answer 8

there are many kinds of rice. japanese rice and thai rice taste pretty good. chinese rice have certain categories too.. so if u pick the better type of rice, they taste good...

Answer 9

My Uncle told me if you are making fried rice at home if you don't chill for a few hours at least, prior to frying it won;t tastse right.

Answer 10

They use special spices