Steak Fried Rice is a bit particular as a result of it’s uncommon to see fried rice made with chunks of beef! With marinated, tenderised beef items “sizzled” till golden, this is a superb recipe to make with economical cuts like sizzle steak, minute steak, and pre-cut stir fry strips.
“Scorching Beef” Steak Fried Rice
This isn’t the primary time I’ve completed a beef fried rice. However it’s the primary time I’ve shared any rice dish with steak items fairly than mince (floor beef) jumbled all through the rice. The truth is, it is perhaps the primary time I’ve ever eaten a fried rice with items of beef in it!
Thoughts you, I’m not claiming this as an unique invention. I’m simply saying it’s completely different from the standard fried rice made with hen or prawns/shrimp. It’s a bit particular. And it’s actually tasty. It scored extremely with the workforce at RecipeTin Meals, common recipients of my trials (and errors) within the kitchen. These tasty little marinated bits of beef “sizzled” till caramelised actually makes it!
Holding little bits of steak tender
Little bits of steak overcook in a flash – as in, lower than 90 seconds. So the one method to make this actually gratifying so we chunk into beef that’s caramelised on the floor however tender inside is to marinate and tenderise it. In any other case, it’s dry cardboard for dinner tonight!!
Whereas marinating provides taste, common marinades gained’t maintain the meat gentle. To realize that velvety texture you get in Chinese language restaurant beef stir fries, we have to velvet the meat.
There’s numerous methods to do it, however the methodology I discover the best for dwelling cooking is to make use of baking soda (bi-carbonate soda), a tried-and-true method I’ve shared that many readers love! It’s straightforward, low cost, and should you’ve by no means completed it earlier than, it’s a game-changer.
Learn extra about it right here – How you can Velvet Beef for Stir Fries.
Components for Scorching Beef Fried Rice
Right here’s what you want for this fried rice. This dish is Thai flavoured, utilizing fish sauce and oyster sauce as shortcut flavour bumps like in basic Thai Fried Rice.
Beef and marinade
Beef – I like to make use of rump steak (US: prime sirloin) as a result of it’s straightforward to chop into small rectangles that I need for this recipe so that you get good little bites, it’s obtained good beef flavour and texture for a dish like this. There’s no have to splurge on costly beef, the marinade does wonders tenderising.
Porterhouse/sirloin (known as New York Strip within the US, amongst different names) is analogous nevertheless it’s somewhat pricier so I have a tendency to stay with rump.
For different beef cuts – see field under. And sure, you need to use hen! See FAQ.
Baking soda (bi-carbonate soda) – The magic ingredient to “velvet” the meat which retains it good and tender, quick turning into the world’s worst stored Chinese language restaurant secret! With out, the small skinny bites of beef would overcook and dry in 90 seconds. We solely use a tiny quantity so you’ll be able to’t style it. See Velveting Beef recipe for extra data on this method.
Darkish soy sauce – stains the meat a wealthy mahogany color and provides soy flavour. Substitute with mild or all-purpose soy sauce, although the flavour and color will not be as intense.
Oyster sauce – shortcut sauce for immediate flavour, including savoury, sweetness and thickens the sauce. Substitute with vegetarian oyster sauce (for shell-fish free, accessible in Asian and enormous grocery shops lately) or Hoisin sauce (alters flavour however performs related function).
Water – To skinny the marinade sufficient to coat all the meat, and likewise to dilute the marinade a bit (I discovered the meat too salty in first iterations of this recipe).
Garlic – Like bacon, it simply makes all the things higher!
Sugar – Only a smidge, for flavour and fantastic caramelisation. White or brown is okay.
Different beef cuts and marinating time
This recipe is a superb one to make use of for almost any minimize of beef as a result of the tenderising marinade will rework even probably the most economical cuts into gentle, velvety, flavour infused beef bites. Right here’s an inventory of different frequent cuts that can be utilized, and the beneficial marinating time.
Different steaks – Sirloin/porterhouse (New York strip), t-bone, flank, skirt, hanger, bavette – wonderful! 1 hour marinade.
Expensive steaks: Scotch (rib-eye) and tenderloin – pricier, so appears to be a waste to make use of it in a recipe like this, nevertheless it completely works. 1 hour marinade.
Skinny and low cost sizzle steak / minute steak / schnitzel – wonderful! Marinade for 4 hours minimal.
Pre-cut “beef stir fry strips”, spherical steak – 4 hour marinade.
Sluggish cooking cuts like chuck, brisket, oyster blade, beef brief rib (boneless) – marinade 24 hours, you should definitely slice skinny. The feel of tenderised sluggish cooking cuts of beef will not be fairly the identical as steak cuts, however it’s nonetheless gentle and tender, a lot of them have wonderful beefy flavour (like brief rib) and I might not hesitate to make use of any of them if that’s all I had!
DAY-OLD COLD RICE
You will want 4 cups of day-old cooked rice. You’ll want 1 1/2 cups of raw rice (1 cup raw rice = 3 cups cooked). I exploit long-grain rice.
Rice for fried rice FAQ
As a result of rice left within the fridge in a single day = dries out = legit crumbly fried rice texture. Contemporary cooked rice = sticky fried rice = simply not the identical!
I exploit lengthy grain rice as a result of it’s the least sticky out of all of the white rice sorts. Nevertheless, you may make this with any white rice, although with basmati you’ll find yourself with an fascinating Chinese language/Indian/Center Japanese fusion undertone. Might be a floor breaking discovery!! 🙂 Brown rice is okay too.
Keep away from fancy rice rice like wild rice, black rice and so forth, these earthy flavours won’t work right here. Additionally keep away from fake rice (cauliflower rice, quinoa and different “low-cal” pretend rice you would possibly stumble throughout in well being meals aisles).
Acquired a fried rice emergency? I get it! Prepare dinner rice, fluff, unfold out on tray, largely cool on counter then fridge to completely cool so long as you’ll be able to.
I’ve luggage of frozen rice within the freezer, all the time. For helpful meals (reheat within the microwave from frozen with a sprinkle of water to moisten) and for fried rice (skip the water = good and dry = excellent for fried rice!).
Beef fried rice sauce
Listed here are the substances for the sauce. Solely three – as a result of the fish sauce and oyster sauce are full flavoured, plus we get flavour within the rice from the meat too!.
Fish sauce – Has extra depth of flavour than soy sauce, however might be substituted with common or mild soy sauce. Doesn’t style fishy as soon as cooked!
Oyster sauce – See above beef marinade for description and substitutions.
Sugar – To steadiness the flavour of the saltiness you get from the fish sauce. Any kind of sugar is okay right here.
💡This fried rice sauce is deliberately extra daring flavoured than a typical Chinese language Fried Rice as a result of I feel it fits the meat higher as beef has a stronger flavour than hen and prawns/shrimp that are the standard proteins utilized in fried rice.
THE ADD-INS
I used inexperienced onion and inexperienced beans as a result of I used to be intentionally going for a green-add-ins fried rice on this recipe. Simply to do one thing completely different from the standard kaleidoscope of colors you see in fried rice (carrots, corn, peas!). So be happy to substitute the inexperienced beans for different greens, and the inexperienced onion for an everyday onion.
How you can make Beef Fried Rice
The meat wants 1 hour minimal to marinate however you’ll be able to go away it in a single day. Notice: some different cuts of beef urged want a minimal of 4 hours marinating time (ie sluggish cooking cuts and a few of the extra economical cuts). See the meat part above or recipe notes for marinating instances.
1. MARINATING THE BEEF
Reduce the meat into 1.5cm / 0.6″ strips
Small squares – Then minimize these strips into sq.(ish) items about 3-5mm / 0.2″ thick, so you will have a number of skinny sq.(ish) bits of beef.
Combine the meat marinade substances in a bowl.
Marinade – Then add the meat and toss to coat. Marinade for 1 hour minimal, as much as 24 hours. I discover the additional time doesn’t add something, it doesn’t make the meat any extra tender nor does it add extra flavour as a result of the items are so skinny, the flavour absolutely penetrates in an hour.
⚠️ Bear in mind – If you’re not utilizing rump / prime sirloin, examine the beneficial marinating time. See Notice 1 of the recipe card or the blue field above within the beef part.
2. PREPARING OTHER INGREDIENTS
Inexperienced onion – Reduce it into 1.5cm / 0.2″ lengths and separate the firmer white components from the inexperienced components. We add them into the pan at completely different instances because the white half takes for much longer to prepare dinner than the inexperienced half.
Fried rice sauce – Put the substances in a small bowl and blend.
Chopping inexperienced beans – Trim the inexperienced beans then minimize into 1.25cm / 1/2″ items.
Scrambled egg – Whisk the substances then put aside.
OK! Prep completed, the prepare dinner half is sweet and fast. Simply wait till that beef hits the pan, it smells soooo good!
3. COOKING THE FRIED RICE IS FAST!
This fried rice is cooked in a big pan as a substitute of a wok as a result of it’s a big-batch of fried rice (sufficient to serve 4 as a meal) that’s an excessive amount of to slot in a wok. In case you attempt to prepare dinner this in a wok, the rice and beef will simply “stew” and get sweaty as a substitute of caramelised and toasty. 🙂
Giant pan – Warmth 2 tablespoons of the oil in a big non-stick pan over excessive warmth. Mine is 30cm / 12″ huge, and is among the most ceaselessly used cookware in my kitchen (it’s a Pyrolux, no that’s not an affiliate hyperlink, and sadly not very accessible exterior of the Australia).
Caramelised beef – Add the meat and prepare dinner till the floor seals, about 1 1/2 minutes. Then add the white a part of the inexperienced onion and beans and prepare dinner for about 1 minute till the meat is caramelised. Add the garlic simply earlier than the tip (should you add it earlier, it is going to burn).
Rice and sauce – Add the rice then pour the sauce over. Toss for about 1 1/2 minutes to disperse the sauce via the rice and provides it an opportunity to get good and toasty.
Clear house within the pan for the egg. That is really the standard means egg is cooked for fried rice in Thailand, so it’s not simply me being lazy! 🙂
Scramble egg – Add and swirl 1/2 tablespoon of oil within the cleared house. It is going to warmth nearly immediately. Then pour the egg in and as soon as it units a bit, lazily scrape and swirl via it to scramble the egg.
Don’t fear if a few of it will get caught (like mine does), simply scrape it off and luxuriate in crispy little egg bits in your rice!
End and serve – As quickly because the egg is nearly cooked, toss it via the rice with the inexperienced a part of the inexperienced onion, which wilts in a short time. Then transferring right into a serving bowl or divide between bowls, and get caught into it!
Serving as a meal
I need to let you know that this may be dinner by itself. However to me, it’s too mild on the greens to be thought-about a very meal. My mom did such job of mind washing me as a child! 😖
For a fast possibility, simply add wedges of tomato and hunks of cucumber on the facet, no dressing required. Earlier than you dismiss that as boring, it’s not! This fried rice is sort of full flavoured so the freshness of plain greens is welcome. Additionally, it’s legit Thai avenue meals type! Plain tomato and cucumbers is a standard addition to plates of noodles and rice in Thailand, and as famous above the sauce utilized in at present’s recipe is from my Thai Fried Rice.
Nevertheless, if you would like one thing somewhat extra fascinating (and I get it), listed here are a number of easy Asian salads that you would add on the facet:
The Spicy Asian Zucchini will get a particular point out – such a scrumptious method to get a large vegetable repair – and the Asian Slaw is a private favorite because it’s an ideal standby to have within the fridge. In case you’re actually pressed for time, simply purchase a pre-cut slaw combine then toss with the dressing within the Asian Slaw recipe.
Or – by cross all that and simply get pleasure from an enormous steamy bowl of the fried rice for dinner. These juicy beef bits are one of the best! Strive to withstand selecting out greater than your honest sharing and sneaking it into your bowl. (Who me?😇) – Nagi x
Scorching Beef Fried Rice FAQ
Sure you’ll be able to. Use hen breast or boneless thighs. You might additionally use my Rooster Fried Rice recipe! The sauce is completely different and it has extra “stuff” in it, together with extra greens so it may be served as a whole meal.
In case you’ve velveted beef earlier than, you’ll discover that on this recipe I don’t rinse the baking soda off like I do in most of my beef stir fry recipes. It’s because typically, I exploit somewhat extra baking soda for much less beef to tenderise skinny strips sooner (20 minutes), then rinse it off earlier than utilizing. Different instances (like on this recipe), I exploit much less baking soda in a marinade and both marinade for longer and/or use smaller thinner items, which is what I do right here. It varies from recipe to recipe!
3 days within the fridge or 3 months within the freezer. See under for freezing instructions!
Sure! Fried rice freezes very nicely. Let it cool fully then freeze in portion sizes in air tight containers for as much as 3 months. Thaw then microwave to reheat.
You don’t HAVE to, it really works simply positive with freshly cooked rice. However the rice can be wetter and stickier and gained’t tumble like “actual” fried rice. See the Rice FAQ within the substances part above for extra data.
Completely! Something that may be cooked. Cube it if wanted. Assume – zucchini, carrots, cabbage, asparagus, peas, capsicum, mushrooms, or an enormous handful of child spinach. If utilizing broccoli or cauliflower, chop it finely and steam it first, or pan fry it earlier than including the meat with a splash of water (pan-steam it).
You may even use frozen greens!
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“Scorching Beef” Steak Fried Rice
Prep: 15 minutes
Prepare dinner: 10 minutes
Marinating: 1 hour
Complete: 1 hour 25 minutes
Important, Facet Dish
Asian, Chinese language, Thai-ish
Servings4 as a meal, 6 to eight as a facet
Faucet or hover to scale
Components
Tenderising beef marinade:
Directions
ABBREVIATED RECIPE:
Marinate beef 1 hour. Prepare dinner beef in 2 tbsp oil on excessive in a big pan till calmly seared, add white a part of inexperienced onion and beans, prepare dinner till beef is caramelised, including garlic in direction of the tip. Add rice and sauce, toss nicely. Scramble egg on facet of pan, toss via inexperienced a part of inexperienced onion. Eat!
FULL RECIPE:
Marinade & tenderise beef – Combine the marinade substances in a bowl then add the meat and toss nicely. Put aside for 1 hour (as much as 24 hours), or the time laid out in Notice 1.
Sauce – Combine the Sauce substances. Put aside.
Whisk the Scrambled Egg substances. Put aside.
Sizzle beef – Warmth 2 tablespoons of oil in a big non-stick pan over excessive warmth (mine is 30cm/12″, see Notice 8 for why no wok). Add the meat and prepare dinner for two minutes till the floor is sealed. Add the garlic, white a part of the inexperienced onion and beans. Prepare dinner for one more 1 minute till the meat is caramelised, stirring consistently so it does not catch and burn.
Rice and sauce – Add the rice and sauce. Toss for 1 1/2 – 2 minutes to offer the rice an opportunity to get toasty.
Scramble egg – shove all of the rice to 1 facet and shif the pan so the empty house is about over the flame. Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil and unfold. Pour the egg, swirl, give it 10 seconds to partially set then do lazy swirls along with your spatula to scramble it softly. As soon as largely cooked, rapidly (however gently!) toss it although the rice.
Serve – Add the inexperienced a part of the inexperienced onion and toss via. Divide between bowls and luxuriate in!
Recipe Notes:
Different beef (simply minimize related sizes, won’t be capable to minimize form I do):
- Skinny sizzle steak / minute steak / schnitzel – wonderful! However marinade for 4 hrs minimal.
- Pre-cut “beef stir fry strips”, spherical steak – 4 hr marinade
- Sirloin/porterhouse (New York strip), t-bone, flank, skirt, hanger, bavette – wonderful! 1 hour marinade
- Scotch (rib-eye) and tenderloin – pricier, so pointless, however you’ll be able to if you would like. 1 hr marinade.
- Sluggish cooking cuts like chuck, brisket, oyster blade, beef brief rib – marinade 24 hrs, you should definitely slice factor. Gained’t be fairly as tender as rump nevertheless it’s nonetheless wonderful!
2. Darkish soy sauce – Bought in bottles labelled “darkish soy sauce” and provides color to the meat. Substitute with common or mild soy sauce.
3. Oyster sauce – substitute with vegetarian oyster sauce (for shellfish-free) or hoisin sauce (completely different flavour however related thickness, sweetness, flavour depth).
4. Baking soda – Chinese language restaurant trick to tenderise beef, should you’ve by no means tried it, this can blow your thoughts! I do know 3/8 teaspoon is an odd measurement (see in put up for clarification), you don’t have to be actual so simply use a heaped 1/4 teaspoon (should you don’t have a 1/8 teaspoon measure).
5. Chilly cooked rice left in fridge in a single day = dries it out = legit crumbly fried rice texture. Contemporary cooked rice = sticky fried rice = simply not the identical!
Lengthy grain rice is my first alternative as a result of it’s the least sticky of rice sorts, although any kind of white or brown rice will work right here. I’d keep away from designer rice and fake rice (wild rice, black rice, cauliflower rice).
Fried rice emergency? I get it. 🙂 Prepare dinner rice, fluff, unfold out on tray, largely cool on counter then fridge to completely cool so long as you’ll be able to.
6. Greens – Greens beans might be substituted with any veg that may be pan-cooked in a few minutes, like carrots, zucchini, corn (blended frozen diced veg appropriate too). Inexperienced onion might be switched with half common onion, diced.
7. Fish sauce has extra flavour than soy sauce, however might be substituted with common or mild soy sauce. Doesn’t style fishy as soon as cooked!
8. Pan fairly than wok – Sure! Purpose is that it is a big-batch of fried rice that can serve 4 as a meal. An excessive amount of to prepare dinner in a wok in a single go, the rice and beef will simply “stew” and get sweaty as a substitute of caramelised and toasty. 🙂
Leftovers will maintain for 3 days within the fridge or 3 months within the freezer (absolutely cool then freeze).
Diet per serving assuming 4 servings.
Diet Info:
Energy: 509cal (25%)Carbohydrates: 63g (21%)Protein: 27g (54%)Fats: 16g (25%)Saturated Fats: 4g (25%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 4gMonounsaturated Fats: 7gTrans Fats: 0.01gLdl cholesterol: 128mg (43%)Sodium: 1198mg (52%)Potassium: 536mg (15%)Fiber: 3g (13%)Sugar: 3g (3%)Vitamin A: 585IU (12%)Vitamin C: 9mg (11%)Calcium: 85mg (9%)Iron: 3mg (17%)
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