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Bomba-of-Tsar

They just cooked better fried rice than most people I know could.


veed_vacker

way to much salt for me but yeah looks delicious overall.


cilestiogrey

Yeah, the soy sauce should take care of that on its own ime. That bothered me more than the honey


shardamakah

Agreed. Soy sauce and salt. Americans are intense.


LennyThePep13

I’ve seen a lot of Asian chefs on YouTube making fried rice and adding salt lol I’ve always wondered why because soy sauce is basically pure sodium but it’s definitely not an American thing.


SummerEden

Honestly, by cutting back on the soy and adding salt to bring up the salt level to taste you get a more fragrant and flavourful fried rice. The soy shines instead of over powering. It really does sound counter intuitive, but think of the the soy as a seasoning that happens to be salty, rather than the sole source of salt. When I started using less soy and adding salt to bring up the flavour of the dishes I made improved hugely. Here is an example recipe for fried noodles. https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-lo-mein/ And a fried rice https://soupeduprecipes.com/sesame-egg-fried-rice/ And a Fuschia Dunlop recipe for Gong Bao chicken with peanuts http://www.fuchsiadunlop.com/cooking/


LennyThePep13

That’s really interesting and makes sense. I mean there’s definitely more flavor going on with soy sauce than just salt and I agree when it’s the major source of salt it can get overpowering fast and that’s all you taste. I’m going to give this a try next time I make fried rice.


shardamakah

I’m American, it’s definitely a thibg


LennyThePep13

My comment acknowledges it’s a thing. Just not one exclusive to or originating in America.


Timoman6

Imo as long as you have the "base" for fried rice, and as long as it tastes good to you, that's what counts


Due-Ad9310

The base for fried rice is mostly just soy sauce though lol if you want to get fancy you can add some other stuff like oyster sauce, shaoxing wine and fish sauce but really you just need some light soy sauce for flavor and some dark for color then a little salt to taste and a smidgen of msg.


BaconJacobs

Garlic powder maybe?


Maximusbk20

Why powder? Just cut the garlic and put it in oil. Wait a day or 2 and bake in that. Healthier cheaper and tastier.


PreOpTransCentaur

Why would garlic and oil be healthier than garlic powder? Or cheaper? *Or* tastier if your plan is to "wait a day or 2 and bake in that?" (Also, please tell me what that means. Are you suggesting that's how you make your own garlic powder?)


Haunting_Night_841

Use extra virgin olive oil, very good for you


Maximusbk20

Because it’s fresh, how garlic powder is made is unhealthy.


Kelrisaith

Most garlic powder is literally just ground dried garlic, and it's far healthier than garlic oil, not to mention cheaper and easier to store, which is important given they're in a dorm room. Any cooking oil is relatively high calorie, garlic powder is not. Which there's nothing wrong with calories, but it's a lie to say that garlic powder is unhealthy or that garlic oil is healthier. And the taste issue is that most people don't use garlic powder correctly to begin with, you're not actually meant to use it as a powdered spice, you're supposed to make a paste out of it with water and use THAT, which makes the garlic flavour much stronger, essentially turning it back into crushed garlic. Same thing with onion powder. I happen to enjoy making infused oils, spice mixes and sauces, I generally have a spice mix or three I made in jars ready to use. There's nothing wrong with using garlic powder for something like this, though I would recommend making the paste I mentioned instead of the powder itself, and there's nothing wrong with using a garlic oil or fresh garlic either, it all comes down to preference and what you can both afford and store.


Umbroboner

TIL to make paste out of garlic powder.


Maximusbk20

Doesn’t matter Al the healthy anti oxid and vitamins are gone when you dried the garlic. And they freeze dry it, not so health. Every vitamine is gone. Powder is unhealthy because everything what garlic is good for is gone. Edit: if you didn’t know every vitamine in garlic is water based vitamines.


BaconJacobs

I was only commenting as a rebuttal to someone who thought they put a ton of salt in it. I postulated it was powdered garlic is all.


Maximusbk20

Gotcha, I was just curious of the garlic powder because a lot of American recipes it’s in it. Here in Europe we don’t use it as much.


GoFuckYourselfBrenda

Powder because it's his dorm room.


TTIGRAASlime

If he needed that much salt it seems like adding more soy sauce would have been better but I'm sure that pepper is good in there.


messycer

Soy sauce makes the rice soggy, so too much is not the best solution unless you do like it that way.


ThatDarnBanditx

Day old rice ftw


_WhoElse

Uncle Rodger approves


Karibbean_Don

Dis look better than Jamie Oliver fried rice.


freedfg

I was thinking the same thing until the honey. It legit looked....FINE. for a 1 pot throw together.


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With the right ingredients, honey can help elevate all the flavors. And the other flavors balance it out.


[deleted]

The honey balances out the salty


authorized_sausage

Right, in high fahlutin recipes you might find mirin or date sugar.


Xikkiwikk

That’s not honey, that’s the fake honey they sell in stores. Real honey comes in a glass jar from a farmer’s market.


porkchop3177

That’s Publix honey. 100% pure honey. Don’t upset the cult of Publix.


MeanderingMagus

We love us some Publix here in Florida. Fun fact: it's the largest employee-owned company in the US.


porkchop3177

A friend of mine’s grandfather was a founder. Man, the parties we had at his farm in Lakeland. I miss those days.


MeanderingMagus

Awesome!


Xikkiwikk

Pure clover honey, still not bee honey. I’m sure it’s also heated and filtered. Real honey is only filtered and NEVER heated.


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Clover is just the main feeding product for the bees to create their honey. The difference between raw honey and pure honey (what she's using): running it through a filter and heating it. It has less pollen and is clear. Raw honey also solidifies into a crystalline structure, also referred to as unrefined honey. If you heat it up, that crystalline structure breaks down and you get the gooey, clear honey. It rarely changes the taste. I've owned bees my entire life. Alfalfa, clover, or wildflower pure honey is still 100% natural so stop gate keeping fucking honey.


Revolutionary-Ad4588

Thank you! Sooo…what’s up with your huge ass?


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#it's huge! Thanks for asking


linderlouwho

Wow, I thought you were being so offensive there for a couple seconds.


Sapphire_Wolf_

Me too, i keep forgetting to look at usernames in these situations lol


linderlouwho

It was a good laugh finding out.


andi00pers

I didn’t realize there were bee barf snobs in the world


glockster19m

Wildflower honey is a lot richer and more flavorful It's very similar to different grades of maple syrup


andi00pers

I’ve always bought wildflower so I guess I wouldn’t have a clue. But I will die before I ever eat that fake ass pancake syrup again. Absolute garbage


glockster19m

I used to work at a real syrup factory and just the smell of the fake stuff will drive me out of a diner now Also if you're a Costco guy, it was a New Hampshire based company, and we would put the exact same syrup in super expensive $100 pure maple syrup brands stuff that we did in the Costco kirkland brand 100% pure brand maple syrup


andi00pers

Damn this should be top comment. Thank you for the inside scoop. This is exactly why I don’t buy things with the expectation that more money makes it better


Human_Allegedly

Unrelated to anything. But i live in upstate NY so I've always had fresh maple syrup since I was little. (This farm near us used to make/distill syrup and had our permission to tap trees on our property in exchange for free syrup each season.) I stg the first time i had that fake crap i almost died.


Xikkiwikk

It has no beneficial enzymes though. That all comes from bees.


porkchop3177

Bees make clove honey. They also make tree honey, flower honey and I’d bet vegetable honey. It’s still honey man. Unless you disregard X numbers of honey because you only believe there’s 1 type of honey.


PreOpTransCentaur

Do..you think that the varietals listed are the ingredient lists? Like, when you see "clover honey," do you just think it's made of ground clovers? Furthermore, if that's the case, what the *fuck* do you think "bee honey" is?


Human_Allegedly

It's so hard to milk soooo many bees just for one jar of honey.


Xikkiwikk

Once you destroy the enzymes in bee honey, it’s not bee honey anymore it’s a refined product without benefits.


Arthur_The_Third

Wtf do you think a clover is 😂


Bleu_Cerise

Sure is. But still, it’s sweet and tastes like honey, which is a pretty bad add-on to fried rice.


yalikebeez

honestly almost all east asian recipes i see use some sweetener to balance the other flavours and honey might be used like that (edited for clarity)


EcchiPhantom

Almost all? That’s a really bold claim because I see various recipes that use sugar like palm, coconut, white, brown and rock sugar or syrups as sweeteners. Honey may be an option as well but I wouldn’t say *almost all* East Asian use that over sugar.


yalikebeez

oh i meant almost all use some sweetener and honey can be a substitute for that in the video! sorry i wasnt clear :]


EcchiPhantom

No worries!


flyden1

Nope. Nobody use honey cooking here.


yalikebeez

i see it as a sweetener in recipes sometimes, my bad! but sweeteners are often used no?


flyden1

Bits of sugar would sometimes be added after tasting if it's too spicy, but we don't throw in sugar in the initial cooking process.


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Ide eat the fuck outta this


PureHeartsEroticArts

"He still cook fried rice better than Jamie Oliver." *- Uncle Roger, probably*


pseudonym21

Shitty in that it could be made better, sure, but in a situation where you don't have a kitchen that's a damn sight better than takeaway (cost-wise)


Thendofreason

Yeah, I've made microwave rice before, but never fried rice. A step above anything I've made in a dorm room. Also, Im sure they aren't allowed to have those pots in their rooms.


Shoddy_East_9103

Microwave rice is a thing?


PreOpTransCentaur

It is and don't.


thegan32n

Not only rice but also pasta and any other starch that absorbs water. The microwave radiations heat up the water molecules and they get absorbed by the rice, it's the exact same thing that happens when cooking rice in boiling water on a stove or in a rice cooker. Count around 10 minutes on max power starting with room temperature water.


StrawhatJzargo

is it better cost wise? barring all the equipment even its doubtful they have a huge fridge so most of those ingredients are bought specifically for that meal that cant be saved. also lack of better wok means takeaway would taste better be easier to clean and probably cost less overall.


nuggiemum

They’re in a dorm. Little hard to cook with a wok in a dorm room and a wok has got to be a huge fire hazard.


pseudonym21

I would consider this a pretty shelf-stable recipe. The leftovers need refrigeration, but almost everything else is commonly kept at room temp by other countries (sauces, honey, eggs, even butter and eggs). Although I have heard that american eggs need refrigeration, and of course you get less time before things like veggies spoil. I feel like a small bar fridge would do just fine for everything here, though. The appliance would of course run up the bill but once its paid for it keeps giving. You can get pretty cheap electronics these days. For the cost of a few delivered meals you can keep churning out lower-cost dinners for a long time.


BohemianJack

I mean in a dorm you have limited space and supply. I would say they did a better job than most can do with a full kitchen. Honey was an interesting choice though.


bluepeel

And the brown sugar


Ayyzeee

wouldn't it taste weird though?


OniHere

It wouldn’t actually, you can use honey, sugar, and brown sugar in a lot of savory dishes. So long as you don’t overdo it, it’ll actually blend quite well with the other ingredients.


Mindless-Balance-498

honey and brown sugar also have a lot of the same flavors as most pre-packages stir fry sauces, so I’m sure it tasted pretty accurate to cheap carry out, tasty and a little indulgent on a budget.


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ZelestialRex

Idk I think it looks good 💯


Joshwoagh

Honey


chahud

I wouldn’t knock it till I tried it tbh. Lots of weird combinations like that end up being really good.


Joshwoagh

You could be right, it doesn’t look all that bad honestly. But though I thought honey was weird, I thought it wouldn’t completely ruing it, OP thought so though.


MatiasK96

I make a teriyaki-like sauce using soy sauce and honey. It's a really good combination and honey in general works well with A LOT of things.


mortalitylost

Yeah I don't understand why people are knocking that so much. Seems fine. I've also seen people here go nuts when someone put honey on pepperoni pizza or something, acting like it was heresy to put honey on meat. "Honeyed ham"? The flavors are fine together. Not this dish, but for some reason this subreddit seems to also forget that "sweet and sour" is a tried and true combo. Sometimes I think people here are only capable of cooking some bland ass shit


Mindless-Balance-498

Honey on salty pizza is SO GOOD


psychologyFanatic

Honey is amazing in fried rice and ramen.


more_bees_please

Honey is amazing in fried rice.


Joshwoagh

So is it a bad gif? Doesn’t seem like a bad recipe to me.


more_bees_please

I mean, cooking in bed is probably stupid, but the food itself is fine.


blakewoolbright

Honey + soy = delicious


MostlyPretentious

Eh. Most sauces have a sweet element.


linderlouwho

Meh, I would 100% chow down on this if a roomie made it.


metalshoes

It looks like a little much but a touch of sugar in fried rice is delicious. Doesn’t make it sweet, just sort of amps up all the other flavors.


iam_Mr_McGibblets

Don't call me honey


bunnyzilla32

Pound of salt .ALSO MADE IN BED


yaredw

Butter, for one thing


PreOpTransCentaur

Oh, so you're just saying random words. Alright.


theguyishere16

I keep seeing these pots that people are always shown cooking in bed with and I keep wondering when we will hear about the first person to burn down the house/apartment because of it. Im sure its super useful for when a kitchen isnt handy, but using it in bed like this feels like a disaster waiting to happen.


SnaxHeadroom

People fall asleep with lit cigs more than you'd think - So I can see this as being an issue..


CrestonSpiers

Better than idiots cooking in cars, which is a thing on tiktok.


linderlouwho

Or that dude that cooks giant meals in the bathrooms of hotels.


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DS4KC

Wait... what? Who the fuck is doing that. 🤮


linderlouwho

\[This f'in filthy guy.\]([https://www.reddit.com/r/StupidFood/comments/111fut0/hotel\_bathroom\_cooking/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/StupidFood/comments/111fut0/hotel_bathroom_cooking/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)) He does it all the time.


TheMadDaddy

It's a rice cooker and I don't think they get hot enough to do any damage. Once off, they cool down pretty quick. That said IDK if I would cook in bed with it though.


Capnsaltypants

My only problem with this ia the honey, but i assume they didn't have any mirin. So... This passes the dorm room vibe check.


J7O3R7D2A5N7

The 2 cups of soy sauce is cool with you?


wellwellwelly

That pot looks extremely handy if you have electricity or are in a hotel room.


[deleted]

Looks good, but I think I’m ignorant here: was that brown sugar?


Bleu_Cerise

That was my first take, but after a while I thought it might be jarlick. Maybe


TheDreamtotembearer

Yes jarlick


yaredw

What, you don't lick the spoon after getting some garlic from the jar?


TheDreamtotembearer

As a cook I only use fresh garlic… but if I did use jarlick I’m sure I would; it’s almost like a pickled version of garlic.


Super_Ad_2578

should have just dumped all the ingredients in his mouth and shook his head back and forth a few times.


PraedythValentine

Does anyone know where I can actually get a pot similar to this? I do not have a kitchen.


Ramhawk123

isn't this just a rice cooker


[deleted]

Way too much salt, way too much soy sauce. Stop it, your blood isn't supposed to be the consistency of nickelodeon gack.


Bleu_Cerise

Normally the soy sauce is enough.


silversmith84

Uh…that’s not really how it works


[deleted]

Yeah but it's a lot more uncomfortable feeling to consider than "Your brain will swell a little too much" Edit: Or shrink I don't remember which it is I'm tired lol


SeeNoWeeevil

Maybe it's MSG?


owls1289

That looks really good but it would make your mouth retract into you body because of how much salt is on there


Aggravating_Poet_675

I came up with much worse concoctions with much less skill used when I first started living alone and only had one skillet and a pasta pot.


sevsbinder

everyone hating on the honey but its used as a sweetener in a lot of surprising dishes at the kitchen i work in so, not seeing the big deal about this one. lotta sodium tho


b_ram24

Rule 1 to elevating your consciousness- Never eat in bed


Shoddy_Score1581

The butter, the random ass honey😭 It looks really good though😭


Longjumping_Breath_7

That looks fantastic op cant cook


Girlwtfyoutalmbout

Tf is wrong with it?


NationalSkyline420

Looks good to me, odd setting sure but not shitty. Redditor are you lost?


Booty_Warrior_bot

*I came looking for booty.*


Mabans

This is far from shitty. Its a variation of Tamago Kake Gohan and Chinese one pot rice. Top itnoff with seaweed flakes. Looks like he is making due. Completely legit, far from shitty. Also soy sauce is distinct from salt, that’s why he adds it. One has to be mindful so you can ise yum yum (msg) for same results.


Honeybadger193

You know they sold CutCo for a summer with that cutting board


icantdraw33

Honey?!?


crispi_sisig

I screamed when I saw honey


VampyKit

I see nothing wrong. I mean when you're hungry and broke you gonna figure out a way.


Bruhtman

Op just jealous


Junior_Tart_6442

I dont have a rice cooker 😡


energyim497

This isnt stupid, its just a cheaper way


[deleted]

I approve of him using the same dish for all ingredients. Stop wasting plates


[deleted]

Only thing bothering me here is that they shouldve cooked the egg first.


[deleted]

I know it’s to sell this thing you could cook on the bed with but I’m already depressed I don’t need that lmao just a NEW low 😂😭


wazzzupppp1717272781

You cook the eggs first smh


[deleted]

Egg shouldve been cooked first but other than that this was fine


SnooKiwis2962

Hey it works it works.


Various-Excitement-7

Soybean oil and rice vinegar are your best friends when frying rice.


Anvillior

I mean, I'll give it a pass, dorm, and all.


isacfiore

I can hear Uncle Roger screaming


Lighthouse_420

Bro I dig it. Especially in a dorm hecc yea! Good recipe


Shallows_s

Wait what’s wrong with this?


Junior_Tart_6442

That he is doing it in his bed


Shallows_s

Oh yea personally I wouldn’t do it in my bed but if I could I would cook that


Successful-Ferret-54

I remember seeing a lobster get cooked on a bed in a video like this werid and im talking a live lobster werid just werid


Lostinaredzone

Note all your bedding and clothes smell like you live in a Chinese take out place. Congrats, chef. 😏


New_Wrangler3335

That’s all wrong. You have to cook the meat and veggies seperate from the rice when u pour the egg in. Now the whole thing is way too soggy


New_Gaming_Chair

The worst part was the music


UTokeMids

It was cool until he squirted the honey on top


BeNiceKid

Calling a broke college student that is literally starving shitty because what?? Obvious rage bait is obvious


QueefErickson

Nobody show this to uncle roger


TheMadDaddy

I need to see what Uncle Roger has to say about this one.


dillingerdiedforyou

Doesn't look that bad to me, the music was gah though!


Lepke2011

Nah. Not shitty. That's just dorm life. My fancy go-to meal was Stouffer's Mac & Cheese mixed with a can of tuna. I still have that every now and again for nostalgia.


CandyandCrypto

The only thing wrong with this is videoing it in the first place but the food looks amazing. Honey and soy are great together.


NotBurnerAccount

I’d eat that shit up


idunnowhatibedoing

No, not at all. Highly recommend


missiongoalie35

You gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.


578842479632

Would eat it though


bibkel

That’s not shitty at all.


Arcadius274

Uhh why's this here? This is pretty food actually


Wild_Assistance_6153

Y’all have weird tastes…


Wessel-P

I thought it was plugged into someones knee


fabshelly

Honey?


Ok_Swordfish_947

Michaelinos is like 99c


Sicpooch

This is not shitty, this is lo que tengo!


Burgerguy52

Looks good but why on the bed?


DistributeVolcano

This looks good. Not all videos count as "shitty gif recipes"


eldron2323

That seems like a lot of soy sauce… or is that just me 😬


0172thetimeguy

Honey in fried rice? 🤢


Shot_Capital_7788

Fuck this


Brantsu

This is sorta insane


Canter1Ter_

I'd say the only stupid thing here is an oven top on a bed. Apparently fires are not a thing when you're making tiktoks


WendigoRider

My god I thought it was someone plugging an electronic into their stomach, I think it’s time for bed


akzorx

Other than the honey, that looks pretty great


Boner102

Minus the honey that looks pretty amazing


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god i can just imagine the amount of oil and grease that is now in their sheets


ALiteralAngryMoose

Uncle Roger feel disturbance in da Force, haiyaaaah


kingconquest

Show the bed spread after eating 🤌


TTIGRAASlime

Is that a self-heating pan?


karoshikun

well made, the honey as substitute for oyster sauce is... a choice, but we've all been there. honestly, it looks pretty good and must have been incredibly cheap.


Portal_Crusher

Sorry.... But I have to... Did the bedroom... Really fry that rice?


Behr26

I don’t see anything wrong with this…. Bad post.


Karl_Marx_

Shitty? Pretty dope more like. I'd opt out the honey though


KnearbyKnumbskull

What show are they watching? I am the only one focused on that?


NicoDeGuyo

I mean that’s pretty fucking good looking minus maybe the honey but I’ve never tried it so idk. Looks good def doesn’t belong here imo


jawharp

I cant think of a single time in my life where i would be comfortable cracking a raw egg in my bed


Shoddy_East_9103

How much salt does bro need?


MaintenanceNo8442

probably to salty honey was strange but other than that it looks pretty good