Young Chow Fried Rice Recipe (Hong Kong Style)

Have you ever tried Young Chow Fried Rice—also known as Yangzhou Fried Rice? It’s a beloved classic with two main styles. The original version from Yangzhou is luxurious, often featuring sea cucumber and dried scallops. But the Hong Kong-style version, loaded with juicy shrimp and savory char siu, is the comforting favorite we often see in Chinese restaurants across the U.S. Today, we’re making the incredibly tasty, crowd-favorite Hong Kong-Style Young Chow Fried Rice

Young Chow Fried Rice Recipe

Serves 2 to 4
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes

Ingredients
3 tablespoons extra light olive oil, separated
1/2 cup small shrimp, peeled and deveined
¼ cup char siu pork, diced
1/4 medium onion, diced
¼ cup peas, steamed
¼ cup carrots, diced, steamed
2 eggs, whisked
2 1/2 cups overnight steamed rice
Pinch of salt
Pinch of white pepper
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 stalk scallion, finely chopped

Young Chow Fried Rice Instructions

1. In a wok over high heat, add 1 tablespoon of extra light olive oil, add the shrimp. Stir-fry until pink for about 1 minute. Remove and set it aside.
2. In the same wok over high heat, add 1 tablespoon of extra light olive oil, add the onion, peas, carrots, and char siu. Stir-fry for about 30 seconds. Remove and put them aside.
3. In the same wok over high heat, add 1 tablespoon of extra light olive oil, add the eggs, and scramble until they’re partially cooked.
4. Transfer in the leftover steamed rice, and stir-fry until every grain of rice is separated.
5. Return the onion, peas, carrots, and char siu. Season it with salt, white pepper, and soy sauce. Mix well.
6. Return the shrimp, and stir for another 30 seconds. Lastly, garnish with scallions and stir-fry for another 30 seconds.

How to Make Steamed Rice

Tips:

1. The perfect ratio of rice to water is 1:1. And, 1 cup of uncooked rice will yield about 3 cups of steamed rice.
2. How do you make all the rice separate while stir-frying? The trick is to use overnight steamed rice, so there is less moisture in it. If you had to make it on the same day, allow it to cool before stir-frying it.

Instructions

1. In a rice cooker, add the rinsed jasmine rice and water. Use the setting for rice and cook.
2. Transfer the steamed rice to a plate, let it come to room temperature, and cover it up. Store it in the fridge overnight.