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 wonderful 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 performed a beef fried rice. Nevertheless it’s the primary time I’ve shared any rice dish with steak items relatively than mince (floor beef) jumbled all through the rice. The truth is, it is likely to be 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 totally 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 crew 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!
Conserving little bits of steak tender
Little bits of steak overcook in a flash – as in, lower than 90 seconds. So the one solution to make this really 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 preserve the meat comfortable. 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 house 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 simple, low-cost, and if you happen to’ve by no means performed it earlier than, it’s a game-changer.
Learn extra about it right here – How one 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 traditional Thai Fried Rice.
Beef and marinade
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Beef – I like to make use of rump steak (US: high sirloin) as a result of it’s simple to chop into small rectangles that I would like 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 (referred to as New York Strip within the US, amongst different names) is analogous however it’s slightly 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.
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Baking soda (bi-carbonate soda) – The magic ingredient to “velvet” the meat which retains it good and tender, quick changing into the world’s worst 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 may’t style it. See Velveting Beef recipe for extra data on this method.
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Darkish soy sauce – stains the meat a wealthy mahogany color and provides soy flavour. Substitute with gentle or all-purpose soy sauce, although the flavour and color isn’t as intense.
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Oyster sauce – shortcut sauce for fast flavour, including savoury, sweetness and thickens the sauce. Substitute with vegetarian oyster sauce (for shell-fish free, out there in Asian and huge grocery shops as of late) or Hoisin sauce (alters flavour however performs related function).
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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).
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Garlic – Like bacon, it simply makes all the pieces higher!
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Sugar – Only a smidge, for flavour and great caramelisation. White or brown is okay.
Different beef cuts and marinating time
This recipe is a wonderful one to make use of for nearly any reduce of beef as a result of the tenderising marinade will remodel even probably the most economical cuts into comfortable, velvety, flavour infused beef bites. Right here’s an inventory of different frequent cuts that can be utilized, and the advisable marinating time.
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Different steaks – Sirloin/porterhouse (New York strip), t-bone, flank, skirt, hanger, bavette – glorious! 1 hour – marinade.
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Dear steaks – Scotch (rib-eye) and tenderloin – pricier, so pointless, however you may if you’d like. 1 hr marinade.
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Skinny and low-cost sizzle steak / minute steak / schnitzel – glorious! Marinade for 4 hrs minimal.
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Pre-cut “beef stir fry strips”, spherical steak – 4 hr marinade.
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Sluggish cooking cuts like chuck, brisket, oyster blade, beef quick rib (boneless) – marinade 24 hrs, you’ll want to slice factor. The feel of tenderised gradual cooking cuts of beef isn’t fairly the identical as steak cuts, however it’s nonetheless comfortable and tender, lots of them have glorious beefy flavour (like quick 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 varieties. Nonetheless, you can also make this with any white rice, although with basmati you’ll find yourself with an fascinating Chinese language/Indian/Center Jap fusion undertone. Could possibly be a floor breaking discovery!! 🙂 Brown rice is okay too.
Keep away from fancy rice rice like wild rice, black rice and many others, these earthy flavours may not work right here. Additionally keep away from fake rice (cauliflower rice, quinoa and different “low-cal” faux 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, principally cool on counter then fridge to completely cool so long as you may.
I’ve baggage of frozen rice within the freezer, at all times. For useful 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 below are the elements 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!.
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Fish sauce – Has extra depth of flavour than soy sauce, however will be substituted with common or gentle soy sauce. Doesn’t style fishy as soon as cooked!
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Oyster sauce – See above beef marinade for description and substitutions.
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Sugar – To stability 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 believe 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 totally different from the everyday kaleidoscope of colors you see in fried rice (carrots, corn, peas!). So be at liberty to substitute the inexperienced beans for different greens, and the inexperienced onion for an everyday onion.
How one can make Beef Fried Rice
The meat wants 1 hour minimal to marinate however you may go away it in a single day. Be aware: some different cuts of beef recommended want a minimal of 4 hours marinating time (ie gradual cooking cuts and a few of the extra economical cuts). See the meat part above or recipe notes for marinating occasions.
1. MARINATING THE BEEF
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Reduce the meat into 1.5cm / 0.6″ strips
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Small squares – Then reduce these strips into sq.(ish) items about 3-5mm / 0.2″ thick, so you’ve gotten a number of skinny sq.(ish) bits of beef.
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Combine the meat marinade elements in a bowl.
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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 totally penetrates in an hour.
⚠️ Bear in mind – In case you are not utilizing rump / high sirloin, verify the advisable marinating time. See Be aware 1 of the recipe card or the blue field above within the beef part.
2. PREPARING OTHER INGREDIENTS
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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 totally different occasions because the white half takes for much longer to prepare dinner than the inexperienced half.
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Fried rice sauce – Put the elements in a small bowl and blend.
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Reducing inexperienced beans – Trim the inexperienced beans then reduce into 1.25cm / 1/2″ items.
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Scrambled egg – Whisk the elements then put aside.
OK! Prep performed, 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 an alternative of a wok as a result of it’s a big-batch of fried rice that may 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 an alternative of caramelised and toasty. 🙂
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Giant pan – Warmth 2 tablespoons of the oil in a big non-stick pan over excessive warmth. Mine is 30cm / 12″ large, and is among the most steadily used cookware in my kitchen (it’s a Pyrolux, not that isn’t an affiliate hyperlink, and sadly not very out there exterior of the Australia).
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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 (if you happen to add it earlier, it is going to burn).
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Rice and sauce – Add the rice then pour the sauce over. Toss for about 1 1/2 minutes to disperse the sauce by way of the rice and provides it an opportunity to get good and toasty.
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Clear house within the pan for the egg. That is truly the standard approach egg is cooked for fried rice in Thailand, so it’s not simply me being lazy! 🙂
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Scramble egg – Add and swirl 1/2 tablespoon of oil within the cleared house. It’s going to warmth nearly immediately. Then pour the egg in and as soon as it units a bit, lazily scrape and swirl by way of 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!
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End and serve – As quickly because the egg is nearly cooked, toss it by way of 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 wish to let you know that this may be dinner by itself. However to me, it’s too gentle on the greens to be thought of a very meal. My mom did such a great 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 kind of full flavoured so the freshness of plain greens is welcome. Additionally, it’s legit Thai avenue meals model! 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 the moment’s recipe is from my Thai Fried Rice.
Nonetheless, if you’d like one thing slightly extra fascinating (and I get it), listed below are a couple of easy Asian salads that you might add on the facet:
The Spicy Asian Zucchini will get a particular point out – such a scrumptious solution to get a large vegetable repair – and the Asian Slaw is a private favorite because it’s a terrific standby to have within the fridge. When 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 move all that and simply get pleasure from a giant steamy bowl of the fried rice for dinner. These juicy beef bits are the perfect! Attempt to withstand choosing out greater than your honest sharing and sneaking it into your bowl. (Who me?😇) – Nagi x
Scorching Beef Fried Rice FAQ
Sure you may. Use hen breast or boneless thighs. You may additionally use my Rooster Fried Rice recipe! The sauce is totally different and it has extra “stuff” in it, together with extra greens so it may be served as an entire meal.
When 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 is because generally, I exploit slightly extra baking soda for much less beef to tenderise skinny strips sooner (20 minutes), then rinse it off earlier than utilizing. Different occasions (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 tremendous with freshly cooked rice. However the rice might be wetter and stickier and gained’t tumble like “actual” fried rice. See the Rice FAQ within the elements part above for extra data.
Completely! Something that may be cooked. Cube it if wanted. Assume – zucchini, carrots, cabbage, asparagus, peas, capsicum, mushrooms, or a giant 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 possibly can 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
Predominant, 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:
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Marinate beef 1 hour. Prepare dinner beef in 2 tbsp oil on excessive in a big pan till evenly seared, add white a part of inexperienced onion and beans, prepare dinner till beef is caramelised, including garlic in the direction of the tip. Add rice and sauce, toss nicely. Scramble egg on facet of pan, toss by way of inexperienced a part of inexperienced onion. Eat!
FULL RECIPE:
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Marinade & tenderise beef – Combine the marinade elements 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 Be aware 1.
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Sauce – Combine the Sauce elements. Put aside.
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Whisk the Scrambled Egg elements. Put aside.
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Sizzle beef – Warmth 2 tablespoons of oil in a big non-stick pan over excessive warmth (mine is 30cm/12″, see Be aware 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 an additional 1 minute till the meat is caramelised, stirring always so it would not catch and burn.
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Rice and sauce – Add the rice and sauce. Toss for a great 1 1/2 – 2 minutes to offer the rice an opportunity to get toasty.
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Scramble egg – shove all of the rice to 1 facet and shif the pan so the empty house is ready 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 together with your spatula to scramble it softly. As soon as principally cooked, rapidly (however gently!) toss it although the rice.
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Serve – Add the inexperienced a part of the inexperienced onion and toss by way of. Divide between bowls and luxuriate in!
Recipe Notes:
Different beef (simply reduce related sizes, may not be capable of reduce form I do):
- Skinny sizzle steak / minute steak / schnitzel – glorious! 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 – glorious! 1 hour marinade
- Scotch (rib-eye) and tenderloin – pricier, so pointless, however you may if you’d like. 1 hr marinade.
- Sluggish cooking cuts like chuck, brisket, oyster blade, beef quick rib – marinade 24 hrs, you’ll want to slice factor. Received’t be fairly as tender as rump however it’s nonetheless glorious!
2. Darkish soy sauce – Offered in bottles labelled “darkish soy sauce” and offers color to the meat. Substitute with common or gentle soy sauce.
3. Oyster sauce – substitute with vegetarian oyster sauce (for shellfish-free) or hoisin sauce (totally different flavour however related thickness, sweetness, flavour depth).
4. Baking soda – Chinese language restaurant trick to tenderise beef, if you happen to’ve by no means tried it, this can blow your thoughts! I do know 3/8 teaspoon is an odd measurement (see in publish for clarification), you don’t have to be precise so simply use a heaped 1/4 teaspoon (if you happen to 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 varieties, although any kind of white or brown rice will work right here. I’d keep away from designer rice and pretend rice (wild rice, black rice, cauliflower rice).
Fried rice emergency? I get it. 🙂 Prepare dinner rice, fluff, unfold out on tray, principally cool on counter then fridge to completely cool so long as you may.
6. Greens – Greens beans will 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 will be switched with half common onion, diced.
7. Fish sauce has extra flavour than soy sauce, however will be substituted with common or gentle soy sauce. Doesn’t style fishy as soon as cooked!
8. Pan relatively than wok – Sure! Cause is that it is a big-batch of fried rice that may 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 an alternative of caramelised and toasty. 🙂
Leftovers will preserve for 3 days within the fridge or 3 months within the freezer (totally cool then freeze).
Diet per serving assuming 4 servings.
Diet Data:
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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