For this tasty, economical dinner, minced beef is fried up with hoisin sauce, garlic, lemongrass and sesame oil till it is superbly caramelized, then it is tossed along with straightforward egg fried rice – plus handful of frozen peas so as to add a little bit of veg in there!
I like to serve this up topped with sriracha and spring onions.
It makes an amazing, easy and flavourful weeknight dinner!

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I am an enormous fan of fried rice – hen fried rice, Indonesian rice with plenty of spicy flavour, or fried rice with meltingly tender chunks of sticky pork stomach – I might eat it most days!
That is my manner of creating a beautiful meaty fried rice, with a great deal of flavour, that does not break the financial institution with costly cuts of meat, and it is fast to arrange too.
📋 What do we’d like?

- Minced beef – I exploit 10%-12% fats minced beef. I’ve made this recipe utilizing 20% fats minced beef, however it makes the rice slightly too oily (5% fats mince could make it style slightly dry), so it is higher to go together with the 10-12% model, then add any further oil in as wanted.
- Rice – use cooked rice (I’ve acquired a easy tutorial right here for how you can boil rice in a pan completely), then cool it, so the rice dries out slightly. Cooling the rice helps cease the rice from sticking collectively and also will assist it to soak up extra flavour.
- Peas – frozen peas (no have to defrost) make an amazing addition for slightly little bit of sweetness. They cook dinner shortly, to allow them to go within the wok straight from frozen.
- Lemongrass paste – this provides a beautiful flavour to the minced beef. I like to make use of the paste because it’s simpler to combine into the meat with out the chance of robust, woody bits you can get with lemongrass sticks.
📺 Watch how you can make it
Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card on the finish of this put up.
👩🍳PRO TIP Be sure your rice is chilly once you add it to the wok, this may guarantee it soaks up all of the flavours and would not go mushy

Minced beef is stuffed with protein and with the rice and peas this can be a full and satisfying meal, prepared in minutes and with minimal effort.

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Minced Beef Fried Rice
Minced beef fried up with hoisin, lemongrass and garlic then tossed with straightforward egg fried rice – it makes a incredible, straightforward and economical dinner for the entire household.
INSTRUCTIONS
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Warmth a wok over a excessive warmth. When sizzling, add the minced beef and cook dinner for five minutes, breaking apart the mince with a spatula, till the meat is browned.
500 g (1.1lbs) minced beef
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Add the sesame oil and brown sugar and fry for an extra 5 minutes, shifting the mince across the wok with the spatula. It ought to go slightly bit darker.
1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp mild brown sugar
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Add within the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, garlic, lemongrass paste, white pepper and chilli flakes and stir fry for an extra 5 minutes. Hold shifting the mince across the pan commonly.
2 tbsp hoisin sauce, 1 tbsp darkish soy sauce, 2 minced cloves garlic, ¼ tsp white pepper, 1 tsp lemongrass paste, ½ tsp chilli flakes
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Spoon the minced beef out of the pan and place in a bowl.
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Add the oil to the wok and warmth by.
1.5 tbsp impartial oil
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Add the rice and peas to the wok and fry for 3-4 minutes, continually shifting the rice across the wok along with your spatula, till the rice and peas are sizzling.
800 g (4 cups) boiled and cooled lengthy grain rice, 115 g (⅔ cup) frozen peas
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Transfer the rice to 1 aspect of the wok and crack the 2 eggs within the house. Make sure the a part of the wok with the eggs in is over the warmth and fry the eggs, scrambling them with the spatula. This could take a couple of minute.
2 eggs
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Stir the eggs into the rice.
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Add within the soy sauce, salt and lemon juice and toss collectively.
1 tbsp darkish soy sauce, ¼ tsp salt, 1 tbsp lemon juice
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Add the minced beef again to the wok and fry, conserving every little thing shifting along with your spatula, for an extra 2-3 minutes to warmth the mince again by.
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Serve topped with sriracha and spring onions.
Sriracha chili sauce, 3 spring onions (scallions)
✎ Notes
Can or not it’s made forward?
Sure, make the minced beef fried rice, then unfold it out in a big dish (so it’ll cool shortly) cowl and refrigerate for as much as a day. Do not depart cooked rice out at room temperature. Micro organism can develop on cooked rice in a short time, so it is essential to:
- Refrigerate it as shortly as attainable
- Do not retailer for greater than 24 hours within the fridge, and
- Totally reheat it.
Reheat in a wok, over a medium-high warmth, shifting it across the pan with a spatula, till piping sizzling all through. Chances are you’ll want so as to add an additional splash of oil, because the rice can have absorbed the oil while within the fridge.
Can I freeze it?
Sure, you possibly can freeze this minced beef fried rice.
Prepare dinner the rice, then unfold it out in a big dish (so it’ll cool shortly) cowl and freeze.
As per the directions above – Do not depart cooked rice out at room temperature. Micro organism can develop on cooked rice in a short time, so it is essential to:
- Freeze it as shortly as attainable
- Defrost within the fridge in a single day (and do not retailer for greater than 24 hours)
- Totally reheat it.
Reheat in a wok, over a medium-high warmth, shifting it across the pan with a spatula, till piping sizzling all through. You have to so as to add an additional splash of oil, because the rice can have absorbed the oil upon storing.
Ingredient swaps
This can be a nice dish for including any leftovers or spare veg you may have within the fridge.
- Swap out the minced beef for minced pork, turkey or hen (word, you may want so as to add a splash of oil with minced turkey or minced hen as they’re far decrease in fats than beef and pork mince).
- You possibly can additionally add ham, crispy bacon and/or cooked chorizo items.
- If you need extra greens, add in cooked chopped carrots, sweetcorn, broccoli, mushrooms, sugar snap peas, canned beansprouts or canned bamboo shoots.
Tips on how to scale up and scale down this recipe
You’ll be able to halve or double the recipe, sticking to the identical ingredient ratios. If doubling the recipe, bear in mind that you will want a really LARGE wok, and it’ll take longer to warmth the rice by.
Dietary data is approximate, per serving. This recipe serves 4.
Diet
Energy: 605kcalCarbohydrates: 69gProtein: 38gFats: 18gSaturated Fats: 5gPolyunsaturated Fats: 4gMonounsaturated Fats: 8gTrans Fats: 0.5gLdl cholesterol: 160mgSodium: 902mgPotassium: 677mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 503IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 5mg
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