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Beef Fried Rice with homemade yum yum sauce

My beef fried rice is the perfect easy weeknight meal to make because it’s a one pan dinner and comes together in just 30 minutes. Made with one of my favorite sauces, Bachans Japanese BBQ sauce. Top it off with homemade yum yum sauce and you’ll feel like you just got takeout from your favorite Asian restaurant.

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As deer hunters we end up with pounds and pounds of ground meat so I have to get creative with what kinds of meals to make with it. I do traditional meals like hamburgers, meatloaf, and meatballs, but this fried rice is something different for us!

Why you’ll love this recipe

  • One pot meal – Saves on dirty dishes because everything is made in the same pot!
  • Can be made in just 30 minutes – perfect for a busy night
  • Protein packed – the beef adds so much good healthy protein to this meal
  • Flavorful – my toddler even loved this!

Ingredients you’ll need

1 pound of beef or venison – We have an abundance of venison in the fall/winter so I use venison but a lean ground beef will work just fine too.

Rice – I like white jasmine rice. The texture is best for recipes like this. You’ll want day old rice or rice that was cooked earlier in the day and cooled down.

Vegetables- Onion, peas, carrot

Seasonings – a mix of seasonings that gives this its flavor

Bachans Japanesebbq sauce – I LOVE this sauce. It’s perfect in this recipe. You can also use G Hughes Sugar free Japanese bbq sauce for a sugar free option.

Eggs

How to make Beef Fried Rice

Step 1: Brown the ground meat in a large pan with sesame oil. Add in onion powder, salt, and pepper. cook until done and transfer to a plate.

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Step 2: Add more sesame oil to pan and cook diced onion until soft then add minced ginger and garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add in peas and the grated carrot, cook until soft. Push the veggies to one side of the pan and add in 2 beaten eggs, cook until just about done and stir into the vegetable mixture.

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Step 3: Add cooked rice to the pan, Bachans Japanese bbq sauce, and coconut aminos. Stir together breaking up the rice.

Step 4: Add the meat back to the pan and stir everything together. Top with green onions and homemade yum yum sauce.

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Homemade Yum Yum Sauce

Ingredients for this include Mayo, ketchup, sriracha, and seasonings (see recipe card below for full ingredients list)

How to make – Add all of the ingredients in a bowl and mix together.

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Beef fried rice with homemade yum yum sauce

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A filling, protein packed meal that is super simple and comes together in 30 minutes or less. Made with ground meat, rice, carrots, peas, and seasonings to make this taste like you're eating at a Chinese restaurant.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 3 tbsp sesame oil divided
  • 1/2 white onion diced
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 2 tbsp minced ginger
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 3 cups cooked rice
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 cup frozen peas
  • 1 carrot grated
  • 1/4 cup Bachans japanese bbq sauce
  • 2 tbsp coconut aminos or low sodium soy sauce
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 2 tbsp Green onions for topping optional
Homemade Yum Yum Sauce
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 3/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp rice vinegar
  • 3/4 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp sriracha hot sauce
  • 1 tbsp water

Method
 

  1. Brown ground beef in a large pan in 1 tbsp of sesame oil. Add in onion powder, salt, pepper, and cook until fully cooked. Drain grease if needed and transfer meat to a plate.
  2. To the pan over medium heat add 2 tbsp of sesame oil, diced onion, and cook for a few minutes until softened. Stir in minced ginger and garlic. Add in peas, carrot, and stir until veggies are tender. Push the veggies to one side of the pan and add in 2 beaten eggs and scramble. Once the eggs are just about done mix them into the veggie mixture.
  3. Add the cooked rice to the pan. Add in the coconut aminos (or soy sauce), bachans japanese bbq sauce, and break up rice mixing with the vegetables as you go. Cook for about 5 more minutes.
  4. Add the cooked meat back to the pan and mix everything together. Top with sliced green onion and homemade yum yum sauce.
Homemade yum yum sauce
  1. Add all of the ingredients to a small bowl and mix well.

Notes

Day old rice works best for this. Or made earlier in the day and placed in the fridge for a couple of hours. 
You can get minced ginger in a tube, it’s so convenient. 
The yum yum sauce gets better as it sits in the fridge, so if you can, make it ahead of time to let the flavors deepen.

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