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Japanese beef hayashi rice with garlic butter rice topped with fresh parsley

Beef Hayashi Rice (Without Roux Packet)

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Hayashi Rice is a rich and tangy yoshoku-style dish made with thinly sliced beef and fresh vegetables simmered in a delicious demi-glace style sauce. Don't be afraid of spending hours making demi-glace though, this is a shortcut recipe that doesn't skip on flavor!

Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes

Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 2 portions
Calories 623
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
Servings: 2 portions
Calories: 623

Ingredients 
 

"Hayashi" Beef

  • 200 g beef round or boneless beef short rib, thinly sliced
  • 1 pinch salt and pepper
  • 2 tsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 100 g yellow onion(s) sliced
  • 150 g bell pepper(s) cubed
  • 80 g brown button mushroom(s) sliced
  • 1 tsp all-purpose flour to thicken

Sauce

  • 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 4 tbsp red wine
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 300 ml beef stock or maggi buillon

Rice

Instructions 

Hayashi Beef

  • Sprinkle 200 g beef round with 1 pinch salt and pepper, and 2 tsp all-purpose flour. Mix well until all the beef is evenly coated. 
    thinly sliced beef coated in flour
  • Heat up a large pan on medium/medium low and add 1 tbsp unsalted butter and 1 clove garlic .
    butter and garlic frying in a pan
  • Once the butter is melted and the garlic is fragrant, add the beef to the pan and sear on both sides.
    searing beef in garlic butter in a pan
  • Next, add 100 g yellow onion(s) to the pan and fry until softened.
    sealed beef and sliced onion in a pan
  • Add 150 g bell pepper(s) and 80 g brown button mushroom(s), mix and reduce the heat to a low setting.
    pan with beef, onions, mushrooms and peppers
  • Sprinkle 1 tsp all-purpose flour over the ingredients in the pan and mix well.
    flour added to hayashi rice ingredients in a pan

Hayashi Sauce

  • Add 2 tbsp tomato ketchup, 4 tbsp red wine and 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, mixing in between each ingredient.
    ketchup added to hayashi rice in a pan
  • Finally, add 300 ml beef stock and turn up the heat to medium high. Stir occasionally.
    Hayashi rice simmering in a pan with beef stock
  • Once thickened, turn the heat down to the lowest heat to keep it warm while frying the rice.
    thickened beef hayashi for hayashi rice

Butter Garlic Rice

  • Heat a separate pan on a medium heat and add 1 tsp unsalted butter and 1 clove garlic.
    garlic and butter in a frying pan
  • Once fragrant, add 2 portions cooked Japanese short-grain rice and stir fry for a few minutes. Sprinkle with 1 tsp parsley and mix until it's distributed throughout the rice.
    rice mixed in frying pan with dry parsley
  • Dish up the rice onto one side of the serving plates and pour the hayashi beef next to it. Garnish with fresh parsley and enjoy!
    Beef Hayashi Rice served on a white plate with fresh parsley

Nutrition

Serving: 649.2g | Calories: 623kcal | Carbohydrates: 82g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 20.9g | Saturated Fat: 9.54g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.04g | Cholesterol: 87mg | Sodium: 1175mg | Fiber: 5.8g