Corn: Grilled corn (from fresh cobs) adds a wonderful smoky flavor. If you don’t have a grill, you can pan-sear frozen or ...

This recipe calls for canned corn, a nod to the cases of it from Costco that Eng’s family always had during his childhood, and butter, an ingredient not usually seen in fried rice.

This corn fried rice is a force of flavor, thanks to salt, sugar and MSG This speedy fried rice from chef Calvin Eng is a flexible lesson in balancing salty, sweet and savory flavors.

What you’re left with is a pure-tasting fried rice, in which the rice and corn — not the cooking fat — star. This smart trick comes from Liew, 39, as documented in his cookbooks “Konbini ...