Hey Hive!
We're back with more of our home cooking! If you're unfamiliar with this series, it's where I showcase some new recipes I've been trying at home since I've been cooking a lot nowadays! Both because it's cheaper and also healthier to cook for yourself compared to eating out. While I have some regular recipes I do like to try new things and figured I'd share the new ones I've tried.
I wanted to make some beef but our local supermarket didn't have frozen steaks in stock and for a while they only had these beef slices so I thought I'd try to cook these instead and see if it'll be good.
I had some leftover rice so I was going to pair it with fried rice. These were the ingredients I used:
Ingredients:
- 200g frozen beef ribeye slices
- 1 large onion
- 150g shiitake mushrooms
- leftover rice
- chopped garlic
If you have fresh rice you can adapt this recipe to make your own version of a Japanese grilled beef rice bowl, or gyudon.
For the seasonings I used the following ingredients:
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 0.5 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 0.5 tbsp sesame oil
- steak pepper
- 1 tsp vinegar
- vegetable oil
Step 1: Slice the onions and the mushrooms into slices for stir frying.
Step 2: Season the beef with salt and black pepper.
Sorry I don't have a photo for this.
Step 3: Mix the oyster sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sesame oil and vinegar together.
Step 4: In a hot pan or wok, drizzle some oil and saute the onions and mushrooms for 3 minutes or so until aromatic and soft.
Step 5: Carefully place the beef slices into the wok and flip after 1 minute. Cook until the meat changes colour.
Step 6: Using the beef fat left in the wok, stir fry the leftover rice.
Step 7: Add some garlic and stir fry until aromatic.
Step 8: Add in the onions and mushrooms then top off with the sauce mixture, stir frying until everything is coated in the sauce.
Feel free to add more seasoning if needed, after that it's ready to serve!
Honestly the beef tasted alright, but I might've overcooked it a little bit since the slices were so thin and it's hard to tell when it's done. But other than it being slightly overcooked it was actually quite tasty!
While not as tender as it could've been, the beef and the fried rice were nicely seasoned, and the fried rice had some extra flavour from the leftover beef drippings. It had a slightly smoky flavour too which enhanced the fried rice that I definitely would not have gotten if I had used fresh rice like a regular rice bowl.
It was still delicious and Sean finished his plate in under 10 minutes! The only disappointment was how little meat there was since it was only a 200g pack. Maybe if I had cut the beef up into smaller slices it would mix with the rice better. But this was fine too.
I usually use spam or processed meat like luncheon meat with fried rice so this was a good variation. If there was an offer for these beef slices I would definitely buy it and make it again.
Thanks so much for reading!
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