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Things helpful: Reheating Fried Rice

There's a place near me that makes killer seafood fried rice. I'm pretty sure they put drugs in it, because, as Leo once said on The West Wing, they have you craving it beyond what's usually reasonable for something like that. I don't know how they do it (it's probably loaded with shit I don't want to know about), but it makes me happy.

That said, I feel bad ordering it because it's 10 bucks for a quart, and I can't eat that much, and whenever I've tried to reheat fried rice in the past, it comes out tasting and looking like a carton full of dried bugs.

I hate to waste good food--particularly when I work from home and realize my house is empty of delicious lunchtime foodstuffs. So over the years I've experimented with reheating fried rice, and here's a method that works pretty well:

1. Get a small, microwavable dish--just big enough to fit exactly the amount of rice you want to reheat.

2. Rinse the dish with water, leaving just a little bit of water at the bottom. Not too much, you don't want soggy mush. I'd say maybe 2-3 teaspoons, depending on how much you have.

3. Put the fried rice on top of that.

4. Take a paper towel and wet it. Ring out a lot of the water, but leave it went, not damp.

5. Place the paper towel on top of the rice.

6. Microwave the rice in 30-40 second increments until it is the right temp. The water will rehydrate and steam the rice, and it'll be almost as good as when it came out of the carton.

Don't let awesome (expensive) leftovers go to waste. Get creative.

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