Reheating chinese takeaway?

Merlin5 · 24 May 2019 at 17:35

I've got leftovers from last night. Beef chow mein, although there's no beef left just noodles and bean sprouts, egg fried rice, large spring/pancake roll which I think has prawn in it, some sweet and sour fried chicken balls, and some hong kong style sweet n sour pork.

What would be the best way to reheat it? Shall I reheat the spring roll, chicken balls and pork in the oven for about 20 minutes at about 180c and the chow mein in the microwave?

I'm sure I've reheated egg fried rice before but I've just read it shouldn't be done because it's initially cooked, cooled and then fried, so it's already been reheated. Can anyone confirm?

djshauny1 · 24 May 2019 at 17:41

I just reheat it in the microwave. Had no issues ever lol.

Raymond Lin · 24 May 2019 at 17:45

I've done it a ton during uni.

robfosters · 24 May 2019 at 17:48

Reheated rice loads of times. Never been ill.

ganesh · 24 May 2019 at 17:49

Just chuck it all in the microwave until it’s lava hot.

Merlin5 · 24 May 2019 at 18:00

Ah thanks fellas, good to hear. And sorry for the 2 or 3 threads on the trot

. I'm going out soon so it was a last minute panic to check I can reheat safely.

But regarding microwaving the chicken balls and spring roll instead of in the oven, I'd lose all crispiness I guess.

Merlin5 · 24 May 2019 at 18:43

Here goes then. Piping hot from microwave. Hopefully will be alive tomorrow. Otherwise, any flowers you prefer guys for my gravestone, I'm not fussy.

_tucker_ · 24 May 2019 at 18:46

I always just use the microwave untill it’s steaming hot and I’ve never been ill at all after. Just hungry for more

Feek · 24 May 2019 at 19:42

Never ever done it with Chinese food because we don't have leftovers!

Pizza is a different matter though. Cold pizza is the breakfast of the gods.

cheesyboy · 24 May 2019 at 20:00

I always get Chinese curry with egg fried rice, and get chips, from the chippy not the Chinese, to bulk it out so that I have leftovers.

I eat the rice and curry mixture cold next day. tastes amazing.

bartledvd · 24 May 2019 at 20:25

the amount of times we have reheated Chinese in this house one of us should be dead by now if it is as scary as they say.

tom_e · 24 May 2019 at 21:37

I just eat it cold. I'm an animal.

CaptainRAVE · 24 May 2019 at 21:43

djshauny1 said:
I just reheat it in the microwave. Had no issues ever lol.

Same.

robfosters · 24 May 2019 at 21:50

Strange thing is, I’ve always found Chinese rice lovely when reheated, but rice from the Indian always has a horrible taste when I reheat it the next day. I don’t know if there’s something they use in it that doesn’t do well reheated.

pinkpound · 27 May 2019 at 18:11

I ordered a Chinese chicken curry last night whilst drunk and having my beer food goggles on (false appetite) . So to my wife's utter looks of disgust I heated it up this morning with some nice bread and and I made chicken curry breakfast sandwiches

. Then spent all afternoon like a hovercraft just to add to the wife's displeasure

Wizzfizz · 27 May 2019 at 18:23

I find that chinese the day after tastes even better. Much like pizza. Although, I'm not a fan of reheating noodles as they just go soggy.

Terminal_Boy · 27 May 2019 at 18:27

Nuke it and you’ll be fine.

Maundie · 27 May 2019 at 20:06

djshauny1 said:
I just reheat it in the microwave. Had no issues ever lol.

Same. Been doing this for many a year do some people just not know how to function?

Spuj · 28 May 2019 at 07:29

pinkpound said:
I ordered a Chinese chicken curry last night whilst drunk and having my beer food goggles on (false appetite) . So to my wife's utter looks of disgust I heated it up this morning with some nice bread and and I made chicken curry breakfast sandwiches . Then spent all afternoon like a hovercraft just to add to the wife's displeasure

That gave me a good chuckle, thanks

ci_newman · 28 May 2019 at 21:48

For a bit of science, the reason you're recommended not to reheat rice isn't because of the bacteria (which get killed in the microwave) but because of the toxins that the bacteria releases. If they release enough of the toxins, you can get food poisoning. So it's irrelevant how hot you cook it afterwards, its dependent on how much toxin has been released before you kill them.

If the rice has been cooked properly, cooled properly (for example left in a fridge) then the chances of toxin poisoning are slim. If you leave it on the worktop overnight and reheat the following morning, not such a good idea.

Advice from the NHS website - snip