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Heat 2 tbsp cooking oil in a wok over medium-high heat, add 2 tbsp butter, and heat until butter melts completely and begins to foam.
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Do not overheat pan before adding butter, otherwise butter will burn quickly and turn dark bitter.
Add 2 tbsp minced garlic into the melted butter mixture, stir continuously for 30 seconds until garlic sizzles and turns fragrant.
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Keep minced garlic moving with spatula constantly, otherwise minced garlic burns quickly in hot butter and turns bitter.
Wash hands thoroughly after handling raw chicken thighs to avoid cross-contamination with surfaces or ingredients.
Add 2 thin-cut chicken thighs to the wok, turn flame to high heat, and stir-fry briskly for 1-2 minutes until chicken strips turn completely white and cooked through.
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Spread chicken pieces out in pan so all pieces contact hot wok evenly
crowding will steam chicken instead of searing
Pour 1 beaten egg into the wok with the cooked chicken and stir briskly for 20-30 seconds until egg sets into soft scrambled curds mixed throughout chicken.
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Scramble immediately after pouring egg so egg scrambles into delicate curds rather than forming a thick flat omelet.
Add 4 cups of cold day-old cooked white rice into the wok and break up any clumps with spatula while tossing continuously for 1-2 minutes until rice is hot through.
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Use cold leftover rice
fresh warm rice contains too much moisture and will turn mushy and sticky when stir-fried
Sprinkle 0.5 tsp salt and 0.25 tsp black pepper evenly over the rice, tossing thoroughly for 20 seconds to distribute seasoning.
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Season with salt before adding liquid sauces so the rice grains absorb basic salinity evenly.
Drizzle 3 tsp sweet Indonesian soy sauce (Kecap Manis) over the rice and stir-fry continuously for 30-40 seconds until rice grains are evenly coated in a uniform golden brown shade.
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Toss rice thoroughly when sweet soy sauce is added
if sauce pools at bottom of wok, sugar will caramelize and stick
Add 0.5 cup shredded cabbage, 0.5 cup julienned green beans, 0.25 cup shredded carrot, 0.25 cup julienned red bell pepper, and 0.25 cup diced firm tofu into wok, tossing for 1 minute until veggies are combined and slightly warmed.
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Do not overcook the fresh vegetables, otherwise vegetables will lose crisp texture and release excess moisture into fried rice.
Add 2 tsp sambal chili paste into the fried rice, tossing vigorously for 30 seconds until red sambal paste is evenly mixed throughout the rice, then turn off flame.
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Taste fried rice after adding sambal paste
add incrementally so heat does not overpower subtle flavors
Spoon fried rice into a small bowl, press down firmly with spatula, then invert bowl onto serving plate and lift bowl away to create a neat dome mound.
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Press rice firmly into bowl before inverting, otherwise the mound will crumble apart on the plate.
Carefully crack the egg close to the oil surface to prevent hot oil splatters.
Heat 1 tsp cooking oil in a small skillet over medium heat, crack 1 egg directly into pan, sprinkle 0.125 tsp salt and 0.25 tsp red chili powder over yolk, and cook for 1-2 minutes until white is set and yolk remains runny.
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Do not flip the egg so the yolk stays intact and runny to make a traditional sunny-side up finish.
Gently slide the cooked sunny-side up fried egg on top of the molded rice mound and serve immediately with extra sambal on the side.
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Slide egg onto rice mound gently so the yolk does not burst before serving.
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