Fried rice is one of my favorite meals to make with leftover rice and it can be made a million different ways. I love that I can just throw it all in a wok with whatever veggies I have on hand and it becomes a delicious meal. I particularly love this steak fried rice because all of my kids will eat it without complaint. They ALL love steak and this is a great way for them to have it because it’s already cut up into bite-sized, tender pieces. I also love that this recipe doesn’t call for a lot of steak. You know how when you find a lone steak in the freezer and it’s not enough to feed everyone but you need to use it up? This is the perfect solution. A little steak goes a long way here. Just one steak is enough to feed the whole family!
How to Make Steak Fried Rice
There’s something to the order of making fried rice. You can’t just throw it all in and expect to get that perfect texture and flavor. The good news is that the steps are simple. Here’s what to do:
Best Rice for Fried Rice
For fried rice, I always use Jasmine rice. Jasmine rice is a long-grain white rice that cooks up nicely and doesn’t stick together like other rice varieties. After it has cooked and cooled, the rice dries slightly which makes it easier for each individual grain to get coated in oil and sauce. It helps to achieve that perfect fried-rice texture that you get in restaurants. If you don’t have Jasmine rice on hand, you can use other long-grain white rice varieties to get acceptable results.
Recipe Tips
Use day old (or more) rice. Clearly I can’t emphasize this enough. If you are meal planning for the week and making a dish on an earlier day that uses rice, just make a couple cups extra to use. It makes the difference between a good fried rice and a great fried rice. Try using leftover steak. You can also use leftover steak for this recipe. Just cut up the leftovers from your last BBQ and toss it with some of the sauce while re-heating in the wok and you are good to go! Be creative with veggies. Most of the time I use a bag of frozen peas and carrots for this recipe but I have also used frozen corn, cubed zucchini, chopped cauliflower or broccoli, and red bell peppers. Get rid of rice clumps. Rice getting clumpy? Add a tiny bit of oil and use your spatula to break apart the rice that is sticking together.
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