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A famous component of the Chinese cuisine, the fried rice is also popular in other forms of the Asian cuisine. The fried rice originated as a simple home made dish from Tao Feng—famous chef at the time in China. The chef made the dish from cold leftover rice fried with some other leftover ingredients.

There are a lot of varieties of fried rice and in Asia, the famous varieties are the Yangchow and the Fukien fried rice. The basic form of fried rice is made of rice added with eggs, scallions, vegetables and chopped meat. Other ingredients can also be used like carrots, bean sprouts, celery and peas. Meat and other ingredients can also be used such as chicken, pork, shrimp and tofu.

Other people want to eat such dish with chili flavor so, they add chili pepper and hot sauces. Soy sauce can also be used to give a brown coloring and savory taste.

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