Rice Recipes - Fried Rice with Beef Recipe

Ingredients

• 200g/7oz beefsteak, chilled

• 15ml/1 tbsp vegetable oil

• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

• 1 egg

• 250g/9oz/2 1/4 cooked jasmine rice

• 1/2 medium head broccoli, coarsely chopped

• 30ml/2 tbsp dark soy sauce

• 15ml/1 tbsp light soy sauce

• 5ml/1 tsp light muscovado (brown) sugar

• 15ml/1 tbsp fish sauce ground black pepper

• chili sauce, to serve

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Trim the steak and cut into very thin strips with a sharp knife.

2. Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan and cook the garlic over a low to medium heat until golden. Do not let it burn. Increase the heat to high, add the steak and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

3. Move the pieces of beef to the edges of the wok or pan and break the egg into the centre. When the egg starts to set, break it up with chopsticks and then stir-fry it with the meat.

4. Add the rice and toss all the contents of the wok together, scraping up any residue on the base, then add the broccoli, soy sauces, sugar and fish sauce and stir-fry for 2 minutes more.

5. Season to taste with pepper, spoon into heated bowls and serve immediately with chili sauce.

Note: One of the joys of cooking Chinese food is the ease and speed with which a really good meal can be prepared. This delectable beef and rice stir-fry can be on the table in 15 minutes.

Cook's Tip: Soy sauce is made from fermented soy beans. The first extraction is sold as light soy sauce and has a delicate. "beany" fragrance. Dark soy sauce is more intensely favored and has been allowed to mature for longer. The darker kind is also traditionally used to intensity the color of a dish.