Reheating chinese takeaway?

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

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Ok here's another one for you. I made a lasagne on Tuesday. There was a lot of leftover beef mince ragu which I refrigerated. Last night I made up another lasagne and reheated the leftover ragu in a saucepan with a little water and then baked it as usual. There's still a good portion of lasagne left. I'm thinking of reheating it tomorrow, which means reheating the ragu a second time.
According to some experts, it's perfectly safe to reheat a few times as long as it's piping hot with an internal temperature of 74c. What say ye?

https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2017/04/03/how-many-times-can-you-reheat-leftovers
https://www.thekitchn.com/how-many-times-can-i-reheat-food-221998

Edit: I reheated it a second time in the oven at 180c for about 40 minutes, checked the temperature which was over 74c and all is fine.
 
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