“Scorching Beef” Steak Fried Rice

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 carried out a beef fried rice. But it surely’s the primary time I’ve shared any rice dish with steak items reasonably than mince (floor beef) jumbled all through the rice. In reality, it may 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 same old fried rice made with rooster 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 technique 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 delicate. To attain 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 technique I discover the simplest 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 straightforward, low-cost, and in case you’ve by no means carried out it earlier than, it’s a game-changer.

Learn extra about it right here – Easy methods to Velvet Beef for Stir Fries.

Elements 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: high sirloin) as a result of it’s straightforward to chop into small rectangles that I would like for this recipe so that you get good little bites, it’s received good beef flavour and texture for a dish like this. There’s no must splurge on costly beef, the marinade does wonders tenderising.

  Porterhouse/sirloin (referred to as New York Strip within the US, amongst different names) is comparable nevertheless it’s a bit pricier so I have a tendency to stay with rump.

  For different beef cuts – see field under. And sure, you should use rooster! 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 saved 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 possibly can’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 is just not as intense.

• 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 enormous grocery shops today) or Hoisin sauce (alters flavour however performs related function).

• Water – To skinny the marinade sufficient to coat all the meat, and in addition to dilute the marinade a bit (I discovered the meat too salty in first iterations of this recipe).

• Garlic – Like bacon, it simply makes every part higher!

• Sugar – Only a smidge, for flavour and fantastic caramelisation. White or brown is ok.

DAY-OLD COLD RICE

You’ll need 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 take advantage of long-grain rice.

Rice for fried rice FAQ

Why day-old cooked rice?

What kind of rice?

Rice to keep away from

Don’t have day-old cooked rice?

Get organised – have a freezer stash!

Beef fried rice sauce

Listed here 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!.

• Fish sauce – Has extra depth of flavour than soy sauce, however will 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 ok 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 rooster and prawns/shrimp that are the same old 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 a daily onion.

Easy methods to make Beef Fried Rice

The meat wants 1 hour minimal to marinate however you possibly can depart it in a single day. Notice: some different cuts of beef advised want a minimal of 4 hours marinating time (ie gradual cooking cuts and among the extra economical cuts). See the meat part above or recipe notes for marinating instances.

1. MARINATING THE BEEF

1. Minimize the meat into 1.5cm / 0.6″ strips

2. Small squares – Then lower these strips into sq.(ish) items about 3-5mm / 0.2″ thick, so you have got numerous skinny sq.(ish) bits of beef.

3. Combine the meat marinade elements in a bowl.

4. 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.

   ⚠️ Keep in mind – In case you are not utilizing rump / high sirloin, examine the advisable marinating time. See Notice 1 of the recipe card or the blue field above within the beef part.

2. PREPARING OTHER INGREDIENTS

1. Inexperienced onion – Minimize 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 instances because the white half takes for much longer to prepare dinner than the inexperienced half.

2. Fried rice sauce – Put the elements in a small bowl and blend.

3. Slicing inexperienced beans – Trim the inexperienced beans then lower into 1.25cm / 1/2″ items.

4. Scrambled egg – Whisk the elements then put aside.

OK! Prep carried out, 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. When 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. 🙂

1. Massive pan – Warmth 2 tablespoons of the oil in a big non-stick pan over excessive warmth. Mine is 30cm / 12″ extensive, and is without doubt one of the most incessantly used cookware in my kitchen (it’s a Pyrolux, no that isn’t an affiliate hyperlink, and sadly not very out there outdoors of the Australia).

2. 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 top (in case you add it earlier, it can burn).

3. Rice and sauce – Add the rice then pour the sauce over. Toss for about 1 1/2 minutes to disperse the sauce by the rice and provides it an opportunity to get good and toasty.

4. Clear house within the pan for the egg. That is truly the normal manner egg is cooked for fried rice in Thailand, so it’s not simply me being lazy! 🙂

5. Scramble egg – Add and swirl 1/2 tablespoon of oil within the cleared house. It is going to warmth virtually immediately. Then pour the egg in and as soon as it units a bit, lazily scrape and swirl by 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!

6. End and serve – As quickly because the egg is sort of cooked, toss it by 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 mild on the greens to be thought-about a totally meal. My mom did such an excellent job of mind washing me as a child! 😖

For a fast possibility, simply add wedges of tomato and hunks of cucumber on the aspect, 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 road 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 this time’s recipe is from my Thai Fried Rice.

Nevertheless, in order for you one thing a bit extra attention-grabbing (and I get it), listed below are a couple of easy Asian salads that you might add on the aspect:

The Spicy Asian Zucchini will get a particular point out – such a scrumptious technique 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 go all that and simply take pleasure in an enormous steamy bowl of the fried rice for dinner. These juicy beef bits are the perfect! Attempt to withstand selecting out greater than your truthful sharing and sneaking it into your bowl. (Who me?😇) – Nagi x

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“Scorching Beef” Steak Fried Rice

Creator: Nagi

Prep: 15 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner: 10 minutes minutes

Marinating: 1 hour hr

Whole: 1 hour hr 25 minutes minutes

Principal, Facet Dish

Asian, Chinese language, Thai-ish

Servings4 as a meal, 6 to eight as a aspect

Faucet or hover to scale

Recipe video above. It is a bit particular as a result of it is uncommon to see fried rice made with juicy bites of steak! With marinated, tenderised beef items “sizzled” till golden (aka – your favorite Chinese language restaurant Scorching Beef!), this is a wonderful recipe to make with economical cuts like sizzle steak, minute steak, and pre-cut stir fry strips. The meat is caramelised on the surface, and tenderised so it does not overcook. It is so delicate and velvety, you may be shocked!

Elements

Tenderising beef marinade:

Directions

ABBREVIATED RECIPE:

• Marinate beef 1 hour. Prepare dinner beef in 2 tbsp oil on excessive in a big pan till flippantly seared, add white a part of inexperienced onion and beans, prepare dinner till beef is caramelised, including garlic in the direction of the top. Add rice and sauce, toss nicely. Scramble egg on aspect of pan, toss by inexperienced a part of inexperienced onion. Eat!

FULL RECIPE:

• 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 Notice 1.

• Sauce – Combine the Sauce elements. Put aside.

• Whisk the Scrambled Egg elements. 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 an additional 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 an excellent 1 1/2 – 2 minutes to offer the rice an opportunity to get toasty.

• Scramble egg – shove all of the rice to at least one aspect 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 along with your spatula to scramble it softly. As soon as largely cooked, shortly (however gently!) toss it although the rice.

• Serve – Add the inexperienced a part of the inexperienced onion and toss by. Divide between bowls and luxuriate in!

Recipe Notes:

1. Beef – I like to make use of rump steak (US: high sirloin) as a result of it’s straightforward to chop into small rectangles that I would like for this recipe so that you get good little bites. There’s no must splurge on costly rump, the marinade does wonders tenderising.
Different beef (simply lower related sizes, won’t have the ability to lower 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 possibly can in order for you. 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 nevertheless 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 mild 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, in case you’ve by no means tried it, this can blow your thoughts! I do know 3/8 teaspoon is an odd measurement (see in submit for rationalization), you don’t should be precise so simply use a heaped 1/4 teaspoon (in case 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 selection 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, largely cool on counter then fridge to totally cool so long as you possibly can.
6. Greens – Greens beans will be substituted with any veg that may be pan-cooked in a few minutes, like carrots, zucchini, corn (combined 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 mild soy sauce. Doesn’t style fishy as soon as cooked!
8. Pan reasonably 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 a substitute of caramelised and toasty. 🙂
Leftovers will preserve 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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