Hamburger Fried Rice

Method11 steps · about 35 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Combine all ¾ cup warm water, 2 tbsp rice soy sauce, 1½ tsp mushroom-flavored dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, ¼ tsp sesame oil and ¼ tsp black pepper in a small bowl. Keep this rice sauce separate from the sweet drizzle made in step 3.

   Uses ¾ cup warm water for the rice sauce · 2 tbsp soy sauce for the rice · 1 1/2 teaspoons mushroom flavored dark soy sauce (8 ml) · 1 tablespoon oyster sauce · 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil · 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

2. 2

   Step 2: Before heating the wok, dice the medium onion (1), mince the garlic (1 clove) clove and chop the scallion (1). Set the frozen peas and eggs within reach. Fluff all 4 cups ready cooked rice with a fork or clean hands, breaking up clumps. If it sticks to your hands, wet them with a little clean cold water.

   Uses 4 cups ready cooked white jasmine rice · 1 medium onion (diced) · 1 clove garlic (minced) · 1 scallion (chopped) · clean cold water for wetting clean hands if rice sticks

   
3. 3

   Step 3: Before heating the wok, dissolve all 1 tsp drizzle sugar in its separate 3 tbsp hot water, then mix with the separate 1 tbsp drizzle soy sauce. Keep this sweet sauce ready for serving.

   Uses 1 tbsp soy sauce for the sweet drizzle · 3 tbsp hot water for the sweet drizzle · 1 tsp sugar for the sweet drizzle

4. 4

   Step 4: Heat a seasoned wok or non-stick pan until hot, then coat it with all 2 tbsp rice vegetable oil.

   Uses 2 tbsp vegetable oil for the rice

5. 5

   Step 5: Add all 8 oz ground beef to the oiled pan from step 4. Stir-fry, breaking it into small chunks, until browned and fully cooked to 71°C. Add the diced onion and minced garlic from step 2 with all 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine. Reduce to medium-high heat and continue cooking until the onion is translucent.

   Uses Hot pan with rice vegetable oil · 8 oz ground beef · Prepared diced onion and minced garlic · 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine (15 ml)

   
6. 6

   Step 6: Stir all the rice sauce from step 1 into the cooked beef and aromatics from step 5. Bring it to a simmer, scraping the pan to loosen the browned bits. Add the rice in step 7 once the sauce is simmering.

   Uses Cooked beef, onion, garlic, wine and pan oil · Prepared rice sauce

   
7. 7

   Step 7: Add all the fluffed cooked rice from step 2 to the beef-and-sauce pan from step 6. Stir everything together for about 1 minute until the rice is evenly mixed and uniform in color, then increase the heat to high.

   Mix rice into beef sauce · 1 minUses All fluffed cooked rice, excluding prepared aromatics · Beef, aromatics and simmered rice sauce

8. 8

   Step 8: Add all 1 cup frozen peas to the mixed rice pan from step 7. Stir-fry in a scooping motion for about 2–4 minutes, checking from 2 minutes, until the peas are cooked and the previously cooked rice is steaming hot throughout and reaches 74°C.

   First pea and rice check · 2 minUses Mixed beef fried rice · 1 cup frozen peas

9. 9

   Step 9: Stir in all the chopped scallion from step 2 until evenly distributed through the hot rice from step 8. Transfer the fried rice to four serving plates and keep hot while frying the eggs in step 10.

   Uses Hot beef-and-pea fried rice · Prepared chopped scallion

10. 10

    Step 10: Heat a clean non-stick pan and add about 2 tsp of the additional vegetable oil when frying each egg. Fry all 4 eggs, one at a time or in manageable pan batches, until the whites and yolks are firm; turn them if needed to finish cooking. Repeat for the remaining eggs. Keep the fried rice hot while finishing the toppings.

    Uses 4 eggs · About 2 tsp additional vegetable oil when frying each egg

11. 11

    Step 11: Top each plate of fried rice from step 9 with one of the cooked eggs from step 10. Drizzle with some of the sweet soy sauce from step 3, or serve that sauce on the side.

    Uses Four plates of hamburger fried rice · Cooked fried eggs lifted from their pan oil · Sweet soy sauce for drizzling or serving alongside