Easy Minced Beef Fried Rice
Looking for a super easy and flavourful weeknight dinner? Our minced beef fried rice recipe is so tasty, you'll have it on repeat in the meal plan!
For quick and easy weeknight dinners, minced beef is one of our go-to ingredients. It's super versatile, low-cost and really easy to cook.
Our minced beef fried rice recipe, is completely delicious, filling and if you use microwave rice, you can turn this into a one pot.
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Quick and easy! - you can have this yummy fried mince and rice served up in less than 30 minutes, so it's a good meal to make on a hectic weeknight.
Packed with flavour - this mince and rice dish is bursting with oriental flavours, totally mouthwatering. Plus the spicy sriracha sauce is added as you serve the dish, so you can skip this for those who don't like the chilli heat.
Minced Beef Fried Rice Recipe
Serves – 4 people
Prep Time – 10 minutes
Cook Time – 20 minutes
Total Time – around 30 minutes
Our Most Popular Alternative – Minced Beef Stir Fry
Equipment Needed
- Chopping board
- Vegetable knife
- Tablespoon
- Teaspoon
- Large Wok or Frying pan
- Saucepan with lid for the rice (or use microwave rice pouches for speed)
- Colander
- Large plate
- Cup or small bowl
- Fork
- Cooking spoon
Minced Beef Fried Rice Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this delicious fried mince and rice recipe
- Sesame oil - you can use vegetable oil, but the sesame does give the dish a nice nutty taste
- Onion - finely diced, so it cooks quickly
- Minced beef - fancy making things lighter? Use turkey mince instead
- Frozen peas - these are one of our Freezer Essentials
- Garlic powder (you can use cloves garlic and add some fresh ginger if you have time)
- Chinese five spice powder
- Hoisin sauce - this adds a whole lot of flavor with very little effort
- Jasmine Rice - or for speed, use a couple of pouches of microwave rice
- Soy Sauce - dark soy sauce or light soy sauce, whichever you prefer
- Eggs
- Spring onions - sliced
- Coriander
- Sriracha sauce
For nutritional information and calories see recipe card below
How To Make Minced Beef Fried Rice
It's super easy to make our minced beef fried rice, and if you want this to be a one-pot meal, use microwave rice instead of boiling your own.
Step One - cook the rice
- Cook the rice as per the packet instructions - once cooked, drain and leave in colander, over the pan to drain for a couple of minutes. (if you're using microwave rice, don't cook that just yet)
Step Two - whilst the rice cooks make the hoisin minced beef
- Add a tablespoon of sesame oil to the wok, stir fry the diced onions for 5 minutes over a high heat to soften them.
- Then tip in the minced beef, frozen peas, garlic powder and Chinese five spice powder. Break the minced beef up into the pan with a cooking spoon and fry everything together over a medium heat, until the minced beef is browning.
- Pour in the hoisin sauce and stir into the minced beef mixture. Fry everything together over a high heat for 8-10 minutes or until the minced beef is cooked through properly. You can add some black pepper here to season if you wish. You probably won't need to add salt as there's salt in the hoisin sauce and the soy sauce used later is salty too.
- Once the minced beef is cooked through, tip it onto a plate, whilst you stir fry the rice.
Step Three - stir fry the rice
- Add another tablespoon of sesame oil to the wok, over a medium high heat. Then tip in the beaten eggs and fry for a couple of minutes, stirring with a cooking spoon (a little like making scrambled eggs).
- Then before the eggs set, toss in the hot cooked rice, and mix it into the eggs, stirring with a spoon the whole time. Pour over the dark soy sauce, and stir fry everything for a couple of minutes.
Cooks Note! If using microwave sachets of rice, cook these as per the packet instructions and then stir into the eggs as above.
Step Four - add the minced beef back to the rice
- Tip the hoisin cooked ground beef back into the pan with the fried rice and mix everything together. Then serve.
Step Five - serve the minced beef fried rice
- Divide the minced beef fried rice between the serving bowls, scatter with the sliced spring onions, and chopped coriander. Then for those who like things with a kick of spice, drizzle over the sriracha sauce.
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What To Serve With Minced Beef Fried Rice
You don't really need to add a whole lot of sides to this dish, but if you want to, then go for some green vegetables
- Broccoli
- Stir fry greens
- Mangetout
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Minced Beef Fried Rice
A super easy mince and rice recipe that's great for weenight dinner.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 onion - diced
- 400g minced beef
- 1 cup frozen peas
- ½ garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
- 200g hoisin sauce
- 1 cup Jasmine rice (or use short grain)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce (add extra to taste)
- 2 eggs - beaten
- 6 spring onions (sliced)
- small bunch coriander - roughly chopped
Instructions
- Cook the rice as per the packet instructions – once cooked, drain and leave in colander, over the pan to drain for a couple of minutes. (if you’re using microwave rice, don’t cook that just yet)
- Add a tablespoon of sesame oil to the wok, stir fry the diced onions for 5 minutes over a high heat to soften them.
- Then tip in the minced beef, frozen peas, garlic powder and Chinese five spice powder. Break the minced beef up into the pan with a cooking spoon and fry everything together over a medium heat, until the minced beef is browning.
- Pour in the hoisin sauce and stir into the minced beef mixture. Fry everything together over a high heat for 8-10 minutes or until the minced beef is cooked through properly.
- Once the minced beef is cooked through, tip it onto a plate, whilst you stir fry the rice.
- Add another tablespoon of sesame oil to the wok, over a medium high heat. Then tip in the beaten eggs and fry for a couple of minutes, stirring with a cooking spoon (a little like making scrambled eggs).
- Then before the eggs set, tip in the hot cooked rice, and mix it into the eggs, stirring with a spoon the whole time. Pour over the soy sauce, and stir fry everything for a couple of minutes.
- Tip the hoisin minced beef back into the pan with the fried rice and mix everything together. Then serve.
- Divide the minced beef fried rice between the serving bowls, scatter with the sliced spring onions, and chopped coriander. Then for those who like things with a kick of spice, drizzle over the sriracha sauce.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 583Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 184mgSodium: 1188mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 5gSugar: 17gProtein: 36g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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