Japanese

Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice)

Name: Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 5 cups cooked white rice; 3 large eggs; 1 carrots; 1/2 cup green peas; 3 scallions; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp neutral oil

Kenji @kenji_notebook

Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Pescatarian Eggetarian Dairy free

Watch how to cook Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice) carries gluten, eggs, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Soy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Fish	No
Sesame	Yes	Asagohan Teishoku (Traditional Japanese Breakfast Set)
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 420 kcal
Protein: 11 g
Carbs: 65 g
Fat: 13 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 740 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.