Steak Fried Rice

Making Steak Fried Rice Ahead

Keeps in the fridge for 1 day. Reheat until piping hot all the way through.

How to Make Steak Fried Rice

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1. Heat half the oil in a wok until smoking, sear the steak for 90 seconds and set aside.

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2. Add the rest of the oil and the garlic for 15 seconds, then the cold rice, and fry for 3 minutes.

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3. Push the rice aside, scramble the egg in the gap, then stir everything together with the peas for 2 minutes.

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4. Add the soy sauce, spring onions and pepper, return the steak and toss for 30 seconds.

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Related guide: Choosing rice.

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A Few Pointers

• Use cold, day-old rice.
• Sear the steak first and take it out.
• Keep the wok very hot.
• Cool cooked rice quickly and refrigerate it within an hour.

Behind the Recipe

It looks like a takeaway fried rice and cooks like a steak dinner, which is why the order matters. The steak goes in first, and is only on the heat for a few minutes.

Slice the steak thin against the grain and sear it in a very hot wok for 90 seconds, then take it out. It goes back at the end to warm through. Overcooked steak in fried rice turns to leather. Use cold, day-old rice. Fresh rice is wet and steams into a mush, and cold rice fries into separate grains.

Fry the rice in the oil for 3 minutes, pushing it against the wok to crisp. Push it aside, scramble the egg in the gap, then mix in the peas, soy sauce and spring onions.

Return the steak, toss for 30 seconds and serve at once. Leftover roast beef, thinly sliced, works too, but only needs warming through for 30 seconds.

Good Alongside

Cucumber salad · Steamed pak choi · Chilli sauce · Spring rolls

Sides from the same cuisine on this site: Stir-Fried Water Spinach.

Common Substitutions & Variations

• Out of spring onions? A small regular onion, finely sliced, or a few chives stirred in at the end both cover the job.
• An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.

Steak Fried Rice Nutrition

Per serving, an approximate calculation from the ingredient list. Treat it as a rough guide: a cooked weight is worked out with raw figures, so those lines run high. How the figures are worked out.

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