Is fried rice Japanese?

Question

I'm doing a project on Japan and was wondering if I could do fried rice for the recipe.

Answer 1

yes.

Answer 2

It might be Oriental cuisine but it's really part of Chinese culture. Japanese is more sushi. Stick with the deliciously raw fish.

Answer 3

chinese

Answer 4

it's more Chinese, honestly.

You can look around to see if there are Japanese styles of fried rice though.

I know of a dish they have that's raw egg and soy sauce, I believe.

You could always do sushi too. :P

Answer 5

Each asian country has it's own version of fried rice. From memory the difference with japanese fried rice is they put the egg in first and before it's cooked they put the rice in so every grain is coated with the egg. Other than that I don't remember it being that different from chinese fried rice.

Answer 6

I'm sure the Japanese have their own version of fried rice.

Answer 7

Many countries have fried rice and Japan is one of them. Sure it came from China as many other things that influenced Japan but I do not consider the fried rice I eat in Japan a Japanese version of Chinese food, as I do with curry. I feel Japanese fried rice stands up on its own. It is called chaahan and it's one of my favorites. It is usually written in katakana which means it is foreign.

チャーハン

炒飯

Answer 8

I just ordered some fried rice mix from a Japanese market online and the packaging is all in Japanese so I would presume it is ok. Now the rice made with this mix is kinda different than the Chinese style fried rice so I presume there is a difference in style.

Answer 9

Yes it is...Japanese fried rice is somewhat different than Chinese fried rice. I like it better, a lot better!!!

Answer 10

Chinese in origin, but then again almost everything in Asia originated in China.

I tell you what.  I'm Japanese and I make fried rice, so there, it's Japanese.  You can quote me in your project.

Answer 11

I wouldn't really put it in. I would use sushi which is a defiant Japanese food. But fried rice is BOTH Chinese and Japanese I think.

Answer 12

I've been to Japan many times.  I've never seen fried rice anywhere besides in a Chinese restaurant.

I would recommend making rice balls or sushi rice instead.

Steam some rice (or otherwise prepare it) and add a splash of rice wine vinegar.   Mmm, that's some good rice.

Answer 13

Fried rice is a popular component of Chinese cuisine and other forms of Asian cuisine. It is made from cold leftover rice fried with other leftover ingredients.[1] It is sometimes served as the penultimate dish in Chinese banquets (just before dessert).

There are dozens of varieties of fried rice, each with their own specific list of ingredients. In Asia, the more famous varieties include Yangzhou and Fujian fried rice. In the West, Chinese restaurants catering to non-Chinese clientele have invented their own varieties of fried rice including egg fried rice, Singaporean (spicy) fried rice and the ubiquitous 'special fried rice'.

Fried rice is a common staple in American Chinese cuisine, especially in the westernized form sold at fast-food stands. The most common form is a basic fried rice, often with some mixture of eggs, scallions, and vegetables, with chopped meat (usually pork or chicken, sometimes beef or shrimp) added at the customer's discretion. Fried rice is also seen in other Asian American restaurants, even in cuisines where there is no native tradition of the dish such as the Caribbean. The dish is also a staple of Chinese restaurants in the United Kingdom (both "sit-in" and "takeaway"), and fried rice is very popular in the West African nations of Ghana and Togo, both as a restaurant food and as street food.

BUT IF YOU WANT A GOOD JAPANESE STYLE RECIPE CHECK OUT THIS:

Gyoza - Japanese style dumplins

Gyoza is originally a Chinese dish, which has become very popular across Japan. This recipe shows how to make the gyoza dough and the gyoza filling. The time consuming and difficult part of making of the dough can be skipped by buying premade dough pieces, which are available at some Japanese and Chinese grocery stores.

Ingredients:

(for 30 Gyoza)

    * Dough:

          o 170 mL water

          o 200 g strong flour

    * Filling:

          o 200 g ground pork

          o Cabbage

          o Nira*: can be substituted by leek or green onion

          o Leek or Green onion

          o Garlic

          o Ginger

          o Sake*

          o Soya sauce, salt, and pepper

          o Sesame oil

    * Dipping Sauce:

          o Soya sauce

          o Vinegar

* This ingredient may not be available in Western supermarkets, but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.

Preparation:

Dough:

   1.

       Mix the water and the flour to a dough that should not be sticky but as soft as an ear lobe.

   2. Put a wet towel over the dough, and let it stand for several minutes.

   3.

       Separate the dough in 30 pieces, and form each of them to very thin discs with a diameter of about 10 cm. The middle of each disc should be a little bit thicker than the edge.

Filling:

   4. Cut some green, outer cabbage leaves, some green onion (or leek), nira, ginger, and garlic in very small pieces. The amount of these ingredients should equal the amount of meat. Do it as you like.

   5. Put some salt on the cabbage, and let it stand for five minutes. Then press the water out of the cabbage pieces.

   6.

       Mix the cabbage, green onion (or leek), nira, ginger, garlic, and the ground pork all together, and add some salt, pepper, soya sauce, sake, and sesame oil. Mix it all very well.

Making and frying the Gyoza:

   7.

       Put some of the filling onto a piece of dough. Remember that the filling should suffice for 30 gyoza pieces.

   8.

       Moisten the edge of the dough with water. Moisten only a semicircle, not all the way around.

   9.

       Close the gyoza. While closing it, fold the edge about 6 times as shown on the image.

  10.

       Put the gyoza on the table as shown in the image.

  11. Fry the Gyoza in a little bit of hot oil until the bottom is brownish, then add water so that the gyoza are in the water with about half of their hight.

  12. Keep the high heat and wait until all the water has vaporized. Then remove the gyoza from the heat.

  13. Dipping sauce: Mix the same amounts of soya sauce and vinegar together.

Serving and eating:

Eat gyoza pieces after dipping them in the dipping sauce.

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Answer 14

Fried rice is considered apart of Asian cuisine, so I think that it will be a good idea to use for your project.

Answer 15

Fried rice is very much not Japanese, I believe it is Chinese in nature. Japanese never adulterate their rice with anything, it is eaten white.

I suggest Yaki-soba as a traditional Japanese dish that is simple to make and good to eat.

Astrobuf

Answer 16

no its originally ffrom china

Answer 17

I think it would work, maybe try to come up with something a little more unique.  I would not do sushi for a school project though.

Answer 18

All Asian cultures have their version of fried rice.  Ingredients and cooking methods vary.  Do a little research.  Odon is a typical Japanese noodle soup which can found in oriental markets.  You simply add water and boil.

Answer 19

i think it's Chinese.

Answer 20

Ya you can use it in your project its Asian but something that would work better for japan is sushi

Answer 21

I think its Chinese

Answer 22

No

Answer 23

Hmm, I've had fried rice at Japanese steakhouses ...

but also at chinese food restaurants.

so .... ?!?!

... maybe you should do teriyaki chicken instead ...

Answer 24

I've never seen it on the menu at a Japanese restaurant ... only Chinese:) ..... why not do sticky white rice?

Answer 25

NO, it's Cantonese (China). In Japan, traditionally the diet is quite healthy.  The basic tenents of Japanese cuisine say that rice is not to be anything but steamed.

Answer 26

Umm.. there would be a japanese version of fried rice, but why not do something else?

Fried rice doesnt seem japanese.. because there are different fried rice dishes all around the world, so it wouldnt really apply to "japan" if you were doing a project for it.