Easy Fried Rice with Beef Strips (Better than takeout!)

What's better than Fried Rice? Fried Rice with sticky beef strips! Serve saucy beef on a bed of golden fluffy fried rice and tender vegetables. It's the perfect hearty dinner that everyone will love, and it's better than takeaway.

This Fried Rice Recipe is one of this week's fuss-free recipes. It's the perfect recipe to add new life to leftover cooked rice, or if you have some microwave rice you can use that too. It's also a great way to use up leftover veggies, so feel free to get creative and use whatever you have in your vegetable bin.

Ingredients you'll need to make Fried Rice with Beef Strips

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• 500 g Steak - The best beef is a tender cut like sirloin steak or rump steak.
• 1 tbsp Olive oil (or vegetable oil)
• 1 pinch Salt and pepper
• 2 Carrots
• ½ bunch Green onions (spring onions)
• 2 Limes
• ½ bunch Coriander
• 2 cloves Garlic
• 4 cm Ginger piece
• 1.5 tsp Chinese five spice
• 2 tbsp Tomato sauce (Ketchup)
• 1 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Honey
• 1 tsp Sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• ¼ bunch Coriander
• 450 g Microwave rice or leftover rice - any type will work, Jasmine rice or brown rice.
• 2 Large Eggs
• 2 tbsp Light Soy sauce (or regular soy sauce)
• 2 tbsp Sesame oil
• ½ cup Frozen peas
• 4 tsp Sesame seeds

Substitutions and Add-ins

• Vegetables - this recipe is a great way to use up leftover vegetables, so feel free to use whatever you have in your vegetable bin, like bell peppers (capsicum), green beans or snap peas.
• Sauces - if you want you can swap tomato sauce for oyster sauce, or a combination of light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
• Beef - I like to use beef strips, but you can also use ground beef (beef mince) as an alternative. You can also use leftover beef that you want to incorporate into a new dish.
• Pepper - you can add black pepper or even white pepper to add a great flavour and some heat to the steak.

How to make Fried Rice with Beef Strips

1. Prepare the Steak: Toss sliced steak with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
2. Create the Marinade Sauce: In a bowl, combine Chinese five spice, grated ginger, tomato sauce, soy sauce, juice from half the lime, honey, and sesame seeds. Set aside.
3. Sauté Aromatics: Heat a large skillet or frying pan over medium-high heat. Add a tablespoon of oil. Sauté minced garlic, sliced green onion, and half of the chopped coriander until fragrant.
4. Add Rice and Veggies: Break up large clumps of cooked microwave rice and add it to the pan along with diced carrot. Make a well in the mixture and crack in the egg. Stir the egg as it starts to cook, then mix it through the rice. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, and juice from the remaining lime half. Toss in the peas and stir-fry for 1 minute. Transfer this fried rice mixture with cooked veggies to a serving bowl and cover to keep warm.
5. Cook the Beef: Return the pan to heat. Once hot, lay the sliced beef in a single layer and sear for 1 minute on each side.
6. Add the Savory Sauce: Pour the prepared marinade sauce over the cooked beef in the pan. Mix well to coat the meat. Allow it to cook for 1-2 minutes, just until the sauce starts to thicken. If it gets too thick, you can add a little water to thin it out.
7. Serve and Enjoy: Serve the stir-fried beef over the fried rice, and sprinkle with the remaining chopped coriander and sesame seeds. Enjoy your delicious homemade beef stir-fry with fried rice!

Note: Feel free to adjust the seasoning and ingredients according to your taste preferences.

Kid-Friendly Variations

• Kids may prefer to skip the Chinese Five Spice and the marinade sauce.

How to Store Fried Rice with Beef Strips

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 1-2 days.

Equipment

You will need a large skillet, large frying pan or wok, and a stovetop.

More Recipes which feature Rice as the Hero

If you like this Fried Rice with beef strips, you can also try my Fried Rice with Prawn and Bacon (Combination Fried Rice), or this vegan Rainbow Rice Tray Bake or a Middle Eastern Chicken Pilaf.

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