Wh do so many Asian recipes explicitly call for leftover rice?

Question

I’ve recently been trying to put some new meals in my repertoire and when browsing for new ideas I’ve noticed that many recipes call for day old leftover rice instead of fresh one. Egg fried rice for example. Some people even seem to insist that it doesn’t work with fresh rice. Why is that?

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Answer 1

First of all, by “so many Asian recipes” do you mean just the one category you’re actually asking about which is fried rice?

And the answer has been given, it’s because of moisture and how it fries better the day after.