Beef Fried Rice
Beef Fried Rice
Ingredients
4 eggs
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
40 g of ginger
2 carrots
1 courgette
500g lean beef mince
500g cold cooked basmati rice
3 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 Spring onions to garnish
Pinch of white pepper
Vegetable oil
Method
Start by chopping the onion
Peel ginger and mince garlic cloves
Peel the carrots and take the ends off the courgette
Slice spring onions for garnish and set to the side
Heat a large deep pan or wok and fry off beef mince without adding any oil
Break the mince up in the pan with a wooden spoon or spatula so that it breaks into smaller pieces and cooks evenly
Add a tbsp of soy sauce and white pepper to the mince to season
When the mince is cooked, remove from the pan and place to one side
In the same pan add some vegetable oil
Beat the eggs together in a bowl or jug
Add the eggs to the pan and cook them like an omelette, until you have a cooked ‘disc’ of egg
Be careful not to overcook the egg, slightly under is better than over
When the egg is cooked take it out of the pan and put to one side
Add enough oil to the pan to coat it
Grate in the peeled ginger and add minced garlic
When you can smell the aromatics, add the onion and grate in carrots and courgette
Cook for a couple of minutes, stirring them round until they soften and the liquid evaporates
Make sure the pan is on a high heat and make room in the pan for the cold rice
Add the rice to the pan and stir through
Add 2 tbsp of soy sauce and add the mince back to the pan
Pour the sesame oil in, making sure it hits the metal of the pan to release the flavour
Season with white pepper
Add the oyster sauce and stir through before returning cooked egg to the pan
Mix everything through thoroughly, breaking up the egg as you go
Garnish with spring onions
