My mom would start with frying some bacon. Then after removing the bacon from the pan she would throw the garlic and onion into the bacon grease. After cooking that she would toss in her rice. After a bit of stirring, she would crack 3-4 eggs on top of the rice. Then mix everything to coat it all in the egg. Seasoning would be done at this point and she would sometimes throw in some cooked chicken or pork if there where any leftovers in the fridge. When I learned that most people cook the egg first, it seemed crazy to me. My mom made the best fried rice. It was a staple of my childhood. That and Spam.

There is actually scientific explanation to this recipe. egg yolk contains fat, therefore by coating the rice with yolk, it guarantees that your rice grains will not stick to the pan as well as to each other, which makes your rice perfectly "separated". And the egg white is high in protein and low in everything else (if we ignore water), which makes it easier to trigger Maillard reaction (梅納反應), that's why when you fry an egg, it's always the egg white that becomes crispy. I usually fry the yolky rice in much higher heat until the rice grains start "bouncing" in the pan, that's a sign of moisture leaving the rice and it will give you a little bit of toasty wok-hey flavor.

Take that Uncle Rodger 😆

Sending Aaron and Claire's channel some love for being the first place I saw this golden fried rice a long time ago. "More green onion, more better!"

I love the “cooking with Mikey” series SO much. It’s so laid back and chill. Good recipes

He said the ingredients are listed below (9:45). But, they aren't. Here's my take on the recipe: 4 eggs, separated 2 cups white rice, cooked, made the previous day and refrigerated overnight 1 scallion or 2 green onions, chopped. (When chopping, separate white parts of onions from green parts; the white parts will cooked in with the rice. The green parts will be used as topping/garnish.) 2 cloves garlic, chopped salt & pepper to season chicken bullion to season (optional) 1/2 TBSB oil 2 slices Spam, about 1/2" thick each granulated sugar, for coating Spam slices while pan-frying 1. Add 4 egg yolks to the cooked & refrigerated white rice and combine in order to coat each grain of rice with yolk. Set aside. 2. Sauté white parts of scallions and garlic in the oil over a medium high heat. Push to one side of pan when soft and starting to brown. 3. Add egg whites to the pan and cook until just set up while keeping separated from the scallions and garlic. 4. After egg whites have just set up, add rice/yolk mixture to the pan. 4. Mix yolk-coated rice, egg whites, scallions and garlic together. 5. Add salt and pepper to taste and stir fry until all egg is fully cooked. Set aside. [5.a. Alternatively, add chicken bullion to taste. Add sparingly as too much chicken bullion will overwhelm the egg flavors in the rice.] 6. Liberally coat both slices of Spam with sugar. Coat both sides and all edges. 7. Pan fry Spam slices until sugar is caramelized and slices are fully heated through. (Do not use oil; the fat in the spam will melt and facilitate frying.) Sprinkle additional sugar on the Spam slices during cooking as desired for added caramelization. 8. Top fried rice with the Spam slices and green parts of the chopped scallion.

Mike instead of using garlic, use shallots to fragment the oil, and soya sauce (instead of salt) and dark soy for color, and the secret ingredient oyster sauce , give that a try :)

DUDE! I just did this.... I have never been able to make decent fried rice but I tried the mixing in the yolks and making the fried rice like this and it's like something out of a Chinese restaurant. This is amazing, thanks for the video. 10 out of 10.

I just mix the whole eggs into the cold rice. Stir fry whatever add-ins I want then dump the egg/rice mixture on top of it and go until everything is hot.

I still use the rice cooker tomato trick i first learned watching you years ago! I love everything you do and I'm happy that the level of success you've had has enabled you to expand and keep making great diverse content! Much Love!

I had no idea about this channel. KZfaq recommended me this, glad they did because I am a fan and enjoy your travel videos.

That was amazing!You have no idea how much I appreciate this Mikey

Oh yea, 'bouncy fried rice' coming up! I cook amazing fried rice taught by my Hawaiian/Chinese Dad. Loved this and so happy I found you Mikey! Aloha from Maui!

I absolutely love to watch you cook and I have tried 2 of your dishes already so I know you are the deal

I start with frying the rice and any greens and protein and some seasoning, then I mix in whole whisked eggs and stir fry until the eggs are at the doneness I want and maybe season a bit more if needed. So easy and doesn’t make the eggs weird and dry

You have no idea how much I appreciate this Mikey. Long time viewer, first time commenter. Love all your content! Keep it coming!

Mikey finally clapping back at Uncle Roger.

Very delicious fried rice recipe! Your instruction is very clear and it's very easy to follow! The fried rice looks golden color ! Thanks a lot for this wonderful upload !

THANK YOU!!! I can't wait to try this hack.

I love the enthusiasm.. deff gonna try this now

Looks yummy! My parents always made a well of rice in the wok, and cracked the egg in the middle, then coated everything in egg. I found a recipe from Marion’s kitchen, her garlic fried rice, which she uses kewpie mayo to coat the rice instead of egg yolks. After I found her method, I also do that combined with the way my parents cook it. Mayo and egg yolks are very similar so I can imagine this bringing forth similar results

I was taught to make fried rice in a similar way in a class i took in Hong Kong pre handover in 1986, 2 whole eggs [always crack in a seperate bowl incase the eggs re off] per serving whisked with splash toasted seasame seed oil to taste, 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, white pepper, salt and knorr chicken powder was the basic recipe. Now i like to add some chilli oil to give it some kick and a pinch of MSG. One hack i use now is to use packet microwave basmati rice if i want it now and have no leftover rice. For those that have any doubt this is the way the great Ken Hom makes his fried rice. I'll give your recipe a try and see, thank you for the video, take care, God bless one and all.

I love the way you prepared it and how it turned out. Thank you so much for sharing.

Love the puns and love the call out of the specific "hacks" and tips - water, yolk vs bullion, sugar and spam. Eggcellent video!

That was amazing! That’s something I can get right.

These are the yokes, Mike's making dad yokes.

That looks so good! Thank you!

Nice touch, can’t wait to try. Thx.

Just made myself some with this method! Good stuff man. Fried rice is generally all I cook, and this really changes it up for me!

That looks so good I don’t eat spam because it’s way too salty for me but I’m totally doing the rest of it.

Thanks for the tip Mike!

Great tip and excellent video. I will give it a try. Thanks.

To quote Phineas: "Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."

Gotta go make some overnight rice NOW! I love this simple comfort food.

Oooh so here for this one, thanks Mikey 😋

awesome! gonna try this out!

I always make my rice with chicken broth instead of water and spice it with saffron and chopped up sauteed onion. It makes a great fried rice the next day!

Did I miss something Mikey? The ring, did you tie the knot? If so congrats I wish you many years of happiness together!

This is amazing, so chilaxing to watch, think it was the background tunes too.

On point, the family absolutely loved it and the kicker was the sugar and spam, Thanks

Maling is by far the cheapest version of Spam which is very popular in the Philippines and is my favorite spiced ham in a can til now. It really goes well with egg fried rice and Pinoy Style Garlic Fried Rice. A lot of Pinoy eatery have breakfast combo of Maling, Fried Rice and Sunny Side up egg called MalingSiLog [Maling - Sinangag (Fried Rice) - Itlog (Egg)]

A friend in Seattle always added saffron to the broth when she made the rice. I know she added other spices in small quantities, but wouldn't ever tell us what they were. One of our mutual friends told her he would buy anything she needed and give her $30 for a mixing bowl full of fried rice. That was almost 40 years ago, so it was a good deal.

Excellent presentation! (humorous too!)

Mike Chen!!!! It’s been a few years, but I’m so very happy you popped in to my feed to show me fried rice on the night I happened to be cooking said rice. You look good and I hope all is well with you and yours. I’ll be hitting up your channel after I make my rice for something to watch while I eat.

I just made it this way, and it’s DELICIOUS!! This is the first time my fried rice has been the correct consistency. I don’t own a wok, and I always thought that was why it was always sticky, but NOPE! Thanks for sharing.

So much for Alex’s master fried rice series!

Thanks for sharing, will deffo give this a go. Looks yum.

Love this mikey

I've always made fried rice this way. My friends have foodgasms when i serve it to the point it's been nicknamed "heaven fried rice"

I did pseudo fried rice sort of this way. While cooking rice around the 80% doneness mark, I scramble some eggs and add it in with a dash of sesame seed oil. As my wife doesn't like the added oil to fried rice, I tries this as an alternative and she seems to like it.

This is real comfort food. I am looking forward to giving this recipe a try. 😊

I can tell you were raised the right way! 🤣 Got that spoon out and scooped every grain of rice! I love it!!!

I normally throw in rice on top of the yolk eggs half cooked then start stirring frying until the rice turns yellow. similar style but different steps. I'll give this a try next time but I always use 6 eggs. 😂

Love eggs... especially the yoks... whether in dipping sauces or in fried rice, hell yes the more the better!

Dude! I'm blown away. Totally going to make this.

Just subbed to your channel! Can't wait to check out the rest of your content! Thanks for the great techniques!

I was always taught to just whip the egg and add it last so that each rice is covered in eggs and that the eggs won’t be over cooked. Never heard a technique about cooking the eggs first and then putting them aside.

I've seen this on Aaron and Claire's Korean cooking channel. I had it in Seoul but didn't know why it was yellow. You should try hot & spicy spam. It's the best!

delicious cooking recipes, nice one for sharing

Great recipe shared 👍

We've always cracked the eggs raw into the rice while frying instead of scrambling the eggs first and setting the cooked eggs aside but we do this out of laziness more than anything else. Just toss everything in and stir.

Million dollar question??? Will "Uncle Roger" approve of his fried rice 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Wow Mikey, you are amazing!!! easy go to meal. I will definitely try this out

Oh wow I love this Mikey sme great tips snd turned out yummy ❤️🥰

Egg fried rice eh? I know one pos who wont be reviewing this vid 😁 Looks great Mikey!

At first I thought you were going to complicate a simple recipe, but seeing the results and the explanation that JiunnTyng Chen described, it won me over! Now I'd love to hear what Uncle Roger has to say!

All your recipes are spot on Mikey! Thanks so much for making these videos 😄

Love the purity of the dish amazing

Perfect timing! Hubby has been wanting me to make fried rice, I have tried several times before and it never turns out right, gets gummy... I'm going to try this! Thanks!

Did you add chicken boulion? What about sesame oil? Looks great though mate

Making this tomorrow 😍😍

good work ! yummy with fried rice. Thanks for sharing your video

I've done this a few times. It DOES improve the 'friedness' of the flavour, along with any other ingredients you might want to add! Definitely the SUPERIOR fried rice! ALWAYS add onions, (bulb &/or spring) & Knorr chicken powder for sure! The REST, add what you like! ( Even, * shudders * Spam! )

WHATTTTT!!!! THE RING MIKEYYY!!! OMGGGG! CONGRATS TO YOU AND CHRISTINEEEE!!!!!!!! I AM SO BEYOND HAPPY FOR YOUUUU!! YOU DESERVE THIS AND THE BEST FOOD PARTNER FOR LIFEEE!! ❤️🎉🥳🎊🍱🍲🍜🍣🎂💍

Wrote this down as you made it, can't wait to try, thanks Mikey

Tnx for the recipe, I have just try it. It's really delicious!

I think I've seen this method referred to as the "golden fried rice" technique.

辣油在哪儿?🌶哈哈Jk love watching you cook, will definitely try this way when I make fried rice. Thanks for another video and the dad jokes

nice trick man! ty for sharing

that looks good!!

I think I missed it, when do you add the chicken bouillon?

It's a shame that uncle roger will never review this recipe

Wow! Amazing fried rice cooking. It's my fav breakfast.

this technique is pretty revolutionary, I don't know how you came up with it, but I can tell it will make fried rice so much better!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Can't wait for Uncle Roger's reaction(complaint). Obviously he'll point out that you didn't put MSG&Sesame Oil in it and didn't use a wok. Good video but kinda lacking in other items like meats and vegetables like Shallots/Onions. This is more of a quick fried rice recipe and still fast&easy to cook.

I can't even remember what Spam tastes like but this looks delicious and it's easy enough I'm definitely gonna try it.

I’m doing this tonight thanks again!

Will definitely be trying this, this weekend

Uncle Roger should react 😆

Love the recipe - only thing i would suggest is cooking the spam FIRST and using the lard that renders out to cook everything else. Cause pork lard makes everything better.

Yum, looks so good. 😋 👏🤤

Very nice. Thank you.

It took me a while to figure out Scallions are called spring onions here in UK. Great recipe here many thanks we will be trying this out soon, I will have to convince my Malaysian wife to change her home cooking ways first!

Can't wait for Uncle Roger to review this 😂👍

Mikey, thank you for sharing a wonderful fried rice recipe!

Good job!

Uncle Roger would say WHERE'S THE MSG? HAIYAH! I've seen many professionally done fried rice done in Japan by putting eggs and then tossing the rice in before it fully cooked then adding seasonings, meat and veg.

Uncle Roger is going to put his leg down when he sees this

great video Mikey. looks delicious! love my spam!

Looks good Mikey