Japanese love fried rice! We call it Yakimeshi, yaki means grill, and meshi means rice. We make it at home but ramen restaurants serve the best fried rice! We have many kinds of fried rice, beef, spicy, Japanese pickle, etc. I made a basic one this time.
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 balls of rice (1/2 lb)
- 1/4 medium onion (chopped)
- 1/8 cup green onion (chopped)
- 0.2 lb ham (minced)
- 2 eggs (beaten)
Spices
- 1 tsp chicken soup powder
- 2 tsp sake
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt (for mixing with egg and rice)
- dash of salt and pepper
Preparation
- Mix eggs with steamed rice and add salt
- Heat oil in frying pan then grill onions, ham, and green onions for two minutes over high heat
- Add rice, and cook for 3 minutes over medium heat and add sake and chicken soup for 2 minutes
- Sprinkle salt and pepper, add soy sauce, and cook for 1 minute on low
It’s awesome. I’ve been looking for Japanese fried rice recipes around the web and I found it on your blog. Thanks for the recipe it’s really help, and this dish is absolutely yummy :)
Hi Mai
I am looking for some ramen recipe, do you have any?
Also what is the difference between yakimeshi and chahan?
Thanks ^^
That’s so great, Bobb!
“Culture Day” at my son’s (13) school tomorrow. Everyone is bringing in food, we’re making this for him to take. Leaving out the ham though. He says some of his friends are vegetarians.
I use a type of rice from Kyoto called “Kyoto Mai” (京都米). That may be hard to find. A good, famous brand of Japanese rice is Koshihihari. (All Japanese rice is short grain.) Hope that helps!
I like your fried rice recipe a lot. May I ask what rice you are using. I have been making my own fried rice for about 2 1/2-3 years but recently my rice hasn’t been coming out right and I’m not sure what I changed to make it come out different but I’m thinking may be the rice I’m using. I use a mix of medium and long grain rice. Any Help will be appreciated.