Fried rice is typically very easy to make but a little hard to make it taste great. But the more you make it, the better it gets! Beef and pickled ginger is my favorite fried rice combination, but if you don’t like or cannot find pickled ginger, try regular pickles. It may sound strange but tastes great!
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 3/4 lb sliced, chopped beef
- 2 bowls of steamed rice (about 2 cups)
- 1/2 onion (chopped)
- 1/4 cup chopped green onion
- 1/2 oz pickled ginger (minced)
- Some pickled ginger on the side
- 1 egg (beaten)
Preparation
- Heat oil in a frying pan, cook beef for 30 seconds over medium heat
- Add onion and green onion, and cook 2 minutes over medium heat
- Add egg, mix, then add rice and ginger. Cook for 2 minutes (turning rice to keep it separated)
- Add mirin, sake, soy sauce, and stir for 1 minute then sprinkle salt and pepper
- Serve and enjoy!
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For those wondering about how to prevent the rice from clumping together, try making it a day beforehand and cooling it in the fridge overnight. This always works for me!
Plus, loooove the ginger in this. Turns out that’s what been missing when I try to make fried rice!
arigatou gozaimashita…..from now i try to make japanese foods……
こんにちはまいちゃん！
I’m so happy I found your site. ＾＿＾
This recipe is going to help me with dinner tonight。I’ve made fried rice before but never with mirin, sake, and shoyu. I have a feeling this is going to be more with mirin, sake, and shoyu. I have a feeling this is going to be more flavorful than the way I normally make it!
ありがとうございます！
i live in florida, do u know of any store that sells fresh soba noodles
yakinukoo, i think i spelled it right, beef,tomato,rice & a sauce, do u have a receipe ?
To make your rice without being sticky… rinse the rice under cool water for a couple of minutes before you cook it. This removes a lot of the excess starch. Best rice I make is rinsing it and then using my rice cooker….good luck..
christy, you added your post a while back, but you can buy that sauce in stores. i found it at a harveys supermarket, but it can probably be found at walmart too. its called yum yum sauce, and it is indeed yummy yummy :)) hope that helps
Hi Vanessa,
Mirin is a rice wine like sake, but with a lot of sugar (40-50%) and lower alcohol. There’s no substitute that I use, but it’s easily found in Asian grocery stores or online.
konnichiwa.. i so love japan.. and i’m learning japanese now and the characters.. can i ask you mai.. what is mirin? is there any substitute for this spices? i am from the philippines.. arigato
Is this recipe considered a traditional recipe in japan ?
I’m not sure what that could be. If anyone else has an idea, please let us know!
Konnichiwa! I use a big frying pan and heat it up before adding the rice. Don’t add too much rice, and use sake to stop the rice from clumping!
I am from Japan too andlove fried rice. I have a rice cooker from Japan but everythime I make fried rice, the rice is still sticky after i am done. How do you make if loose?
Hi! Im looking for the recipe for a sauce that my family and I get from a local Japanese restaurant called Sake Express. Its a shrimp sauce that is an orangish-pink color. Its simply called shrimp sauce at Sake Express but we love it and eat it on everything! Its a little sweet in taste, and I’ve tried a few recipes that I found on line, but they never come out quite right?
wow..
great post as usual!
Oops, sorry I left that out, didn’t I? Use two small bowls of steamed rice. (About two cups). I use an electric Japanese rice steamer to cook my rice!
How do you prepare the rice (fresh, frozen, refrigerated), and how much do you use?
itadakimasu!!!