Chaofan

Can there be a list of rice dishes without fried rice on it? While the exact origins of fried rice are lost to history, it’s believed that it was invented sometime during the Sui Dynasty (AD 589–618), in the city of Yangzhou in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Fried rice may seem like one of the simplest dishes in this list, but something about steamed rice that has been stir-fried in a wok with eggs, vegetables, and meat screams comfort and satiation like nothing else.