The stir-frying technique required to cook fried rice has been recorded in an earlier period, but not until the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644 CE) did the technique become increasingly popular.
Teknik menggoreng yang dipakai untuk memasak nasi goreng telah dicatat dalam periode sebelumnya, namun tidak sampai akhir dinasti Ming (1368–1644 Masehi) saat teknik tersebut makin populer.