Beef Chao Fan Recipe (2025)

Beef Chao Fan is a Chinese inspired Filipino Fried Rice recipe that is mixed with ground beef, chopped vegetables, onion & garlic, and it seasoned with soy and oyster sauce. This rice dish is an inspiration from a popular Filipino fast-food restaurant Chowking.

What is Chao Fan?

Things you need to know

If you go to a Chinese or Hong Kong restaurant, you might encounter in their menu that they serve a food dish called "Chow Fun". It is important to know that this is different from a rice dish "Chao Fan"

Chow Fun is a Cantonese rice noodle dish that is mixed with beef, bean sprouts and other vegetables, while the another one is a fried rice dish.

Recipe Ingredients

Here are the list of recipe ingredients I used to make my Beef Chao Fan:

• Beef: I am using ground beef since it is easier and faster to cook.
  
• Vegetables: I am using chopped cabbages, carrots and corns.
  
• Oyster Sauce: This will help darken the fried rice
  
• Soy Sauce: This will add the umami flavor of the rice. Also, it serves as an alternative to salt if you add more of it.
  
• Rice: This is a 1 day old left-over medium-grain rice
  
• Egg: Aside from beef, this will add more protein on your rice, making it more nutritious.
  
• Other ingredients: Vegetable canola oil, chopped garlic, red onion and spring onions.

What to serve this Fried Rice with?

Step By Step Instruction

There are two things to do when making Chao Fan, which must be cooked in a separate pan: Cooking the Scrambled Egg & Making the Fried Rice.

I. Cooking Scrambled Egg

• Making the scrambled egg is the same as any other egg recipe.
• I just add vegetable oil in the pan, and then I pour the egg on it. Make sure you season the egg with salt and black pepper. Stir till the egg is fully cooked.
• And then lastly I use the fork to cut into smaller pieces. Set aside.

II. Making the Fried Rice

• In a large pan, I add vegetable oil which when it's hot, I add chopped garlic and onion. Stir till it turns translucent.
• Next, I add the ground beef which I let cook for a few minutes till the juices are fully evaporated. Add the soy sauce and oyster sauce and then stir again.
• After that, I add all the vegetables, except the spring onion, which I mixed to stir before I add the leftover cooked rice.
• Once the rice and vegetables are fully mixed, that is when I add the scrambled egg and the spring onion. Mix one more time before serving. And you are done.

Recipe Frequently Asked Question's (Faqs)

1. What other vegetables I can add in this fried rice?

Although not traditional, you can add chickpeas, green beans, or beansprout with other vegetables.

2. Why is my fried rice mushy?

If your fried rice is mushy, it could be you are using short-grain rice. The fried rice only works if you are using medium or long grain rice.

Also, you will have to use cold leftover rice that is at least 1 day old. If you are using the rice that is recently cooked, they are usually soft and moist, which might make the rice soggy.

3. Can I use olive oil for my Chao Fan fried rice?

4. How long do this fried rice last in the fridge?

My Chowking style fried rice can last up to 5 to 7 days. Beyond that will not be safe t consume since it will probably be spoiled.

Here are other delicious rice recipes to make at home:

• Kimchi Fried Rice
  
• Shawarma Rice

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