Best Rice to use for stir fry?

Question

Whats the best rice to use to stir fry, and how to keep it from becoming mush and sticking to wok when frying?

Answer 1

Basmati is great. Any long grain rice works better than the shorter varities. I have also found that leftover cooked rice does not stick. Just break up the cold cooked rice before adding to the wok.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

What is more important than what kind of rice -

For perfect stir-fry and fried rice, use rice that was made the day before. You can also make it the night before your are going to make stir-fry, and keep it in the fridge until the next night.

Freshly cooked rice has too much moisture to have the proper texture for these recipes.

Answer 4

Personally, any cooked rice is fine for fried rice. The reason it sticks is because there was too much water when you cooked the rice in the first place. Basmati rice and other long grain rice is fine because it doesn't absorb as much rice as the shorter grain varieties. But again, add too much water and it will become soft and not too suitable for frying. You can get satisfying results with short grain rice as well (which I prefer because these types are fluffier). Just don't overcook the rice before frying.

Answer 5

The fool proof way is to use "uncle Ben's" or any parboiled rice. Basmati is the second choice and any other long grain would do if you get the hang of it over time.
The key to fulffy fried rice is to have the cooked rice cooled off and give it some time to dry off. That's why traditionally, leftover rice is used. If you must use freshly cooked rice, spread them out on to a flat tray and stick them into the fridge to cool for at least a couple of hours so the surface of the grains will dry up a bit before you put them to the wok.

Answer 6

Day old, Basmati rice. Use Day old, because it's dryer, won't stick as much, and it's firmer, so it won't turn to mush.

I also don't season my rice with anything if I'm making fried rice, just plain rice cooked in my $6 microwave rice cooker. I don't cook rice on the stove, because it's I either add too much water or not enough. The microwave cooker is full proof. AND burnt rice just smells horrid. No chance of that happening on the microwave :)

Answer 7

When we make stir fry, we stir fry the meat and veg. in the wok on high heat in peanut oil, and then serve it over steamed white rice, like in a Chinese restaurant. For fried rice, you can use cooked white rice, again stir fry in on high heat in a wok with peanut oil, add your veggies and whatever else, and a little soy sauce, and voila!

Answer 8

any white rice is good.. cook the rice and then refrigerate it.. then fry it with a little oil.. hot and fast to fry the individual pieces.. this is what makes it not stick together.

Answer 9

All fruits are fresh vegetables. A "vegetable" is a plant, any part of which can be used for food.

Answer 10

In the superstore, fruits are usually selected far too soon. Some are rocks, many are bad. Some of the fresh vegetables are right (zucchini, onions, garlic, lettuce, greens, and a few others) so I'd have to go with vegetables.