“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 performed a beef fried rice. However it’s the primary time I’ve shared any rice dish with steak items quite than mince (floor beef) jumbled all through the rice. Actually, 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 rooster or prawns/shrimp. It’s a bit particular. And it’s actually tasty. It scored extremely with the group 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!

Preserving 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 pleasing so we chew 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 tender. 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 methodology I discover the best for house cooking is to make use of baking soda (bi-carbonate soda), a tried-and-true approach I’ve shared that many readers love! It’s straightforward, 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 – The right way 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 traditional 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 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 must splurge on costly beef, the marinade does wonders tenderising.

  Porterhouse/sirloin (known as New York Strip within the US, amongst different names) is comparable 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 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 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 info on this method.

• 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 is just not 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, out there in Asian and huge grocery shops nowadays) 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 pieces higher!

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

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 take advantage of long-grain rice.

Rice for fried rice FAQ

Why day-old cooked rice?

What sort 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 components 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 gentle 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 sort 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 rooster 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 a daily onion.

The right way to make Beef Fried Rice

The meat wants 1 hour minimal to marinate however you may go away it in a single day. Observe: some various 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 instances.

1. MARINATING THE BEEF

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

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

3. Combine the meat marinade components 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 totally penetrates in an hour.

   ⚠️ Keep in mind – If you’re not utilizing rump / high sirloin, verify the really helpful marinating time. See Observe 1 of the recipe card or the blue field above within the beef part.

2. PREPARING OTHER INGREDIENTS

1. Inexperienced onion – Lower 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 cook dinner than the inexperienced half.

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

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

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

OK! Prep performed, the cook 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 can serve 4 as a meal. An excessive amount of to cook 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. 🙂

1. Massive 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 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).

2. Caramelised beef – Add the meat and cook dinner till the floor seals, about 1 1/2 minutes. Then add the white a part of the inexperienced onion and beans and cook dinner for about 1 minute till the meat is caramelised. Add the garlic simply earlier than the top (if you happen to add it earlier, it’s going to burn).

3. 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.

4. 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! 🙂

5. Scramble egg – Add and swirl 1/2 tablespoon of oil within the cleared house. It can 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!

6. End and serve – As quickly because the egg is sort of 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 wish to inform you that this may be dinner by itself. However to me, it’s too gentle on the greens to be thought-about a very meal. My mom did such a superb 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 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 as we speak’s recipe is from my Thai Fried Rice.

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

The Spicy Asian Zucchini will get a particular point out – such a scrumptious solution to get an enormous vegetable repair – and the Asian Slaw is a private favorite because it’s an incredible standby to have within the fridge. For those who’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 take pleasure in a giant steamy bowl of the fried rice for dinner. These juicy beef bits are the very best! Attempt to withstand choosing 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

Foremost, Aspect 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 skin, and tenderised so it does not overcook. It is so tender 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, cook dinner till beef is caramelised, including garlic in direction of the top. Add rice and sauce, toss effectively. Scramble egg on aspect of pan, toss via inexperienced a part of inexperienced onion. Eat!

FULL RECIPE:

• Marinade & tenderise beef – Combine the marinade components in a bowl then add the meat and toss effectively. Put aside for 1 hour (as much as 24 hours), or the time laid out in Observe 1.

• Sauce – Combine the Sauce components. Put aside.

• Whisk the Scrambled Egg components. Put aside.

• Sizzle beef – Warmth 2 tablespoons of oil in a big non-stick pan over excessive warmth (mine is 30cm/12″, see Observe 8 for why no wok). Add the meat and cook 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 continually so it does not catch and burn.

• Rice and sauce – Add the rice and sauce. Toss for a superb 1 1/2 – 2 minutes to provide the rice an opportunity to get toasty.

• Scramble egg – shove all of the rice to 1 aspect 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 together with your spatula to scramble it softly. As soon as principally 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:

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 need 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 reduce related sizes, won’t be capable of reduce 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 may in order for you. 1 hr marinade.
• Gradual cooking cuts like chuck, brisket, oyster blade, beef quick rib – marinade 24 hrs, you should definitely slice factor. Received’t be fairly as tender as rump nevertheless it’s nonetheless wonderful!

2. Darkish soy sauce – Offered in bottles labelled “darkish soy sauce” and provides 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 (completely 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 may blow your thoughts! I do know 3/8 teaspoon is an odd measurement (see in publish for rationalization), you don’t should 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. Recent 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 sort 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, principally cool on counter then fridge to totally 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 (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 gentle soy sauce. Doesn’t style fishy as soon as cooked!
8. Pan quite than wok – Sure! Motive is that it is a big-batch of fried rice that can serve 4 as a meal. An excessive amount of to cook 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 maintain for 3 days within the fridge or 3 months within the freezer (totally cool then freeze).
Vitamin per serving assuming 4 servings.

Vitamin 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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