Ingredients
Scale
Velvet Beef:
- 8 ounces beef steak (Use inexpensive cuts like chuck, flap meat, flank, or beef stir fry strips)
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¼ tsp baking soda (bi-carbonate soda)
- 1 Tablespoon oil
Fried Rice:
- 3 Tablespoons neutral oil, divided
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 cups cooked rice (preferably Jasmine or a medium grain)
- 3 scallions, trimmed, minced, and separated into white and green parts
- ¼ red bell pepper, minced
- 1 large handful spinach, about 2 ounces (roughly chopped)
- 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 Tablespoon oyster sauce
- Ground white pepper
Scrambled Eggs:
- 2 large eggs
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Velveting Beef – Cut the beef into small thin squares about 1” big and transfer to a bowl. Add the marinade ingredients to the beef and toss well. Set aside covered in the fridge for at least 4 or up to 24 hours.
- Whisk the eggs with salt and set aside.
- Get your ingredients ready– Place the white part of the green onions with the bell peppers, and garlic in one bowl. In another bowl combine the green part of the scallions with the spinach. Bring everything to the stove with you, so you don’t forget any ingredients.
- Make the Fried Rice – Heat a medium nonstick pan over high heat for a couple minutes (I used a 10” pan but a 12” pan is better). Add 2 tablespoons of oil and swirl the pan to coat. Add the beef and cook for 30 seconds untouched. Then stir fry for another minute until half cooked. Add the garlic, red peppers, and white part of the green onions. Cook for another minute until the beef is caramelized, stirring constantly so it doesn’t burn (lower the heat to medium high if things are starting to burn.)
- Add the rice, fish sauce, and oyster sauce. Stir fry for another 1 ½ – 2 minutes, pressing down lightly on the rice to give the rice a chance to fully heat through and sear (this gives the rice better flavor).
- Scramble egg – push the rice to one side and add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil to the empty space. Pour the egg into the space, give it 10 seconds to partially set then scramble it softly with your spatula or wooden spoon. Once mostly cooked, gently mix it into the rice (it should break up into small pieces as you mix).
- Serve – Add the green part of the green onion and the spinach plus a couple dashes of white pepper and mix. Transfer the rice into two deep bowls and serve immediately.
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