Why is fried rice usually yellow?

[SunnyD]

Or is this a question better left unasked? :hmm:

 

[Genx87]

Dont they usually use some kind of oil and soy sauce?

 

[Aves]

Dont they usually use some kind of oil and soy sauce?

Done.

 

[Juddog]

I thought it was because they add turmeric?

 

[highland145]

I thought it was because they add turmeric?

Yep.

 

[preslove]

Dont they usually use some kind of oil and soy sauce?

Soy sauce turns it brown, not yellow.

I'd like to know the answer, too, because homemade fried rice is a good way to cook leftover rice.

 

[dougp]

Isn't there also an egg added?

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

 

[Scotteq]

Turmeric or Saffron.

 

[bignateyk]

It usually turns out fairly yellow when I cook it. My guess is a combination of soy sauce, sesame oil, and egg does it to mine.

 

[silverpig]

Bit of chicken stock maybe?

 

[highland145]

Turmeric or Saffron.

It's in the curry powder.

 

[Drako]

It usually turns out fairly yellow when I cook it. My guess is a combination of soy sauce, sesame oil, and egg does it to mine.

This.

It's the eggs and oil.

 

[bignateyk]

Flied Lice?

 

[HN]

Flied Lice?

 

[sdifox]

egg

 

[Imp]

It's the egg.

Brown comes from soy and/or whatever brown sauce is added. The rest is burnt egg, oil, or ingredients.

 

[maziwanka]

made by yellows

 

[DCal430]

The yellow is from the eggs mostly.

 

[richardycc]

if the fried rice you are getting from your local Chinese rest is yellow, they are probably from the Fujian Province, they were either taugh wrong (chances are, they were not chef before they came over to the US) or used cheap food coloring, good chinese fried rice should never be yellow.

 

[Macamus Prime]

It's jaundice.

 

[darkxshade]

Because it's been pissed on

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Saffron or turmeric? We usually don't put that in the fried rice we make at home, just either soy sauce or salt, so our fried rice is usually white or brown. Some people also beat an egg into the rice, so the grains are all coated and that makes it yellowy as well.

 

[Rumpltzer]

We should define what sort of fried rice is being talked about here. My Chinese and Taiwanese (home made with whatever is convenient) fried rice is more brown than yellow.

The Thais have a fried rice, the Cajuns have a fried rice, I'm guessing that Uncle Ben's has a fried rice... whose is yellow??

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Its the egg. Fry some rice without it and its still white until you start burning it.