Fried Rice, Dressed Simply

[jazzbo]

So you thought 'Fried Rice is Fried Rice':

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/dining/2...html?ref=dining

... the recipe of Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

[sabaijai]

Nice.

[Samuian]

Well "the rest" will be on the bill, I hope...

as I am not a fan of minimalism but of good food and taste I recommend the thai version with shrimps, pork or chicken, egg, some peas, spring onions, fried garlic, some slivers of Onion, Tomato, Coriander leaves... fish sauce and soy sauce..

[Jingthing]

Check out the New York bagels in his kitchen!

That does look like good fried rice. I was surprised by the short time the rice was actually fried. I would have thought a longer time especially if not using a wok.

[sabaijai]

I'd say this recipe is very much inspired by the Thai version, which is itself classically minimalist. With Thai fried rice, coriander is only used as a garnish, by the way, never in the cooking itself. Jean-Georges Vongerichten worked as a chef at the Oriental in Bangkok in the early 80s, and his contributions to East-West fusion cuisine were profoundly influenced by Thai cooking.

[Jingthing]

The leeks looked great. Does Thai fried rice use leeks?