Beef Fried Rice

Ingredients

Sauce:

• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tsp light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
• 1/2 tsp white sugar
• 1/8 tsp white pepper (sub black)

Scrambled eggs:

• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 2 eggs , lightly whisked

Fried rice:

• 2 tbsp oil (peanut, veg, canola or other neutral oil)
• 1/2 onion , finely diced
• 2 garlic cloves , finely minced
• 250g / 8 oz beef mince / ground beef
• 2 cups frozen diced carrots, peas, corn (still frozen fine!) (or fresh diced veg)
• 3 cups day-old cooked rice (1c uncooked rice = 3c cooked, Note 5)
• 1/2 cup finely sliced green onions (1-2 stems)

Directions

1. Mix Sauce ingredients in a small bowl, then set aside.
2. Scramble eggs - Heat sesame oil in a large wok or non-stick pan over medium high heat. Add egg and cook, stirring gently, so it is softly scrambled. Remove onto a plate.
3. Cook beef - Heat vegetable oil in the same pan over high heat. Add onion and garlic, cook for 30 seconds. Add beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, for 2 minutes or until you no longer see raw beef. Add 2 tablespoons of sauce and cook for 1 minute.
4. Veg / caramelise beef - Add frozen vegetables and cook for 2 minutes or until the beef gets nicely caramelised - this is the trick to great flavour so do not shortcut this!
5. Rice & sauce - Add rice and remaining sauce. Toss for 2 minutes until the sauce is well dispersed throughout the rice and the rice grains start to caramelise a bit.
6. Egg & green onion - Then add scrambled eggs and green onion, give it a quick toss to disperse then divide between bowls. EAT!