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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itadakimasu!!!
How do you prepare the rice (fresh, frozen, refrigerated), and how much do you use?
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!
great post as usual!
wow..
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?
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?
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’m not sure what that could be. If anyone else has an idea, please let us know!
Is this recipe considered a traditional recipe in japan ?
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
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.
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