Cola Fried Rice
Cola Fried Rice is a home-style staple dish at difficulty 2/5 (Easy), about 913 kcal. This dish uses cola as a seasoning substitute, bringing a unique caramelized, sl. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.
2 / 5
★★☆☆☆
913 kcal
Ingredients
- Rice
- Cola (sugar-free or sugared)
- Eggs
- Sausage ham (or luncheon meat, optional)
- Oil
- Light soy sauce
- Dark soy sauce
- Oyster sauce
- Broad bean paste (optional)
- Scallion greens
- Pepper powder (white pepper or black pepper)
Steps
- Heat the wok, add 25 ml of oil, add two eggs, and fry until the bottom is completely set.
- Flip and fry until both sides are completely set.
- Turn off the heat, remove the eggs, cut them into 2-5 cm² pieces, and put them back in the wok (you can also crush them directly with a spatula).
- Turn the heat back on, pour in the cola, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, broad bean paste, and oyster sauce, and mix well.
- Heat until the liquid in the pot is reduced to 1/3, then add the rice and sausage ham and stir-fry.
- After stirring evenly, reduce the heat to low, dig a hole in the center of the food in the pot, crack in 1 egg, cover the wok with a lid, and steam for 2 minutes.
- Uncover and stir-fry until the third egg is cooked through, sprinkle with scallion greens and pepper powder, then serve.
Notes
This dish uses cola as a seasoning substitute, bringing a unique caramelized, slightly sweet flavor. The rich sauce coats every grain of rice. This is a creative home-style fried rice. Eggs and sausage ham provide high-quality protein and energy, paired with rice as a staple, making for a nutritionally balanced and filling meal. The steps are intuitive and suitable for beginners; generally, it takes about 20 minutes to serve.
Estimated difficulty: ★★☆
Estimated calories: 913 kcal
Calculation:
Determine how many servings you plan to make before starting. One serving is enough for 1 person.
Per serving:
- Rice 200 g
- Cola 160 ml
- Eggs 3
- Sausage ham 20-100 g
- Oil 25 ml
- Light soy sauce 15 ml
- Dark soy sauce 7.5 ml (if using no-sugar cola, add 5 ml; if not using broad bean paste, add 5 ml)
- Broad bean paste 7.5 ml
- Oyster sauce 5 ml
- Scallion greens 5 g
- Pepper powder 1 g
- Sugar-sweetened cola tastes better
- If you prefer it drier, stir-fry a bit longer
- If it's too much trouble, you can simply put 3 eggs in the wok from the start and skip the step of digging a hole for the additional egg
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