High-Protein Minced Beef and Egg Rice 窩蛋免治牛肉飯
If you’re looking for a high-protein meal in 10 minutes, you have to make this Hong Kong Cafe Style Minced Beef and Egg Rice, or 窩蛋免治牛肉飯. The savory, slightly-sweet, saucy beef with bites of tender egg and hot rice is exactly what I’m looking for in a quick meal. Made with ingredients that are not only easy to find, but also easy to cook, this last minute meal is super satisfying and definitely better than takeout.
Minced Beef Egg Rice Ingredients
- 300 g ground beef
- ½ small onion finely chopped
- 2 green onions sliced (white & green parts separated)
- 2 – 3 eggs
- 2 cups cooked white rice hot
Cantonese Savory Gravy
- 1½ tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ½ tsp dark soy sauce for color
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- 2 tsp sweetener of choice sugar, honey, or monk fruit
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tsp cornstarch
To Finish
- Green parts of green onion
- Chopped red chili optional
Browned Ground Beef
Ground beef is problably one of the most convenient and affordable proteins at the supermarket. It is high in protein, Iron, Vitamin B12, Zinc, and selenium, all essential nutrients for a healthy circulatory, skeletal, and immune system. It absorbs sauces easily, but still tastes satisfyingly meaty.
The first step to cooking with ground beef is almost always browning. This uses the Maillard reaction to get a deliciously charred flavor. Make sure not to move it around in the pan too much at first, until it starts to brown. Then, break the beef up into smaller pieces and add the chopped onion and green onions.
Velvety Savory Gravy
The soul of this dish is really that velvety, savory gravy that makes this beef dish so good with rice. This mix of soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, white pepper, your favorite sweetener, water, and corn starch creates the perfect sauce for velveting the beef.
As it cooks, the liquids melt the browned beef frond at the bottom of the pan, and the sauce thickens thanks to cornstarch. This gives you that sauce that clings on to each bit of beef, rice, and egg with savory-sweet flavor.
Instructions
- Heat a pan over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and sauté 2–3 minutes until mostly cooked.
- Add chopped onion and white parts of the green onion. Sauté another 2–3 minutes until fragrant.
- Meanwhile, mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, white pepper, sweetener of choice, water, and corn starch in a small bowl.
- Lower heat to medium. Pour in the eggs, then drizzle the sauce evenly over the beef.
- Cover and cook 2–3 minutes, until eggs are your desire doneness.
- Finish with green parts of green onions and red chili, and served topped on rice.
More Easy Hong Kong Cafe Style Dishes At Home
High-Protein Minced Beef and Egg Rice 窩蛋免治牛肉飯
By Tiffy Cooks
Equipment
Ingredients
- 300 g ground beef
- ½ small onion finely chopped
- 2 green onions sliced (white & green parts separated)
- 2 – 3 eggs
- 2 cups cooked white rice hot
Cantonese Savory Gravy
- 1½ tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ½ tsp dark soy sauce for color
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- 2 tsp sweetener of choice sugar, honey, or monk fruit
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tsp cornstarch
To Finish
- Green parts of green onion
- Chopped red chili optional
Instructions
- Heat a pan over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and sauté 2–3 minutes until mostly cooked.
- Add chopped onion and white parts of the green onion. Sauté another 2–3 minutes until fragrant.
- Meanwhile, mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, white pepper, sweetener of choice, water, and corn starch in a small bowl.
- Lower heat to medium. Pour in the eggs, then drizzle the sauce evenly over the beef.
- Cover and cook 2–3 minutes, until eggs are your desire doneness.
- Finish with green parts of green onions and red chili, and served topped on rice.
I know you put “sweetener of choice” but May we know what you personally used?
Hi Carolyn! I used mirin here, but you can also use sugar, honey, or corn syrup.
Tiffy
Yummy
Awesome and very yummy
This was AMAZING and just as easy as it sounds which I appreciate! Used plant-based ground meat to make it vegetarian and still so so good !!! Definitely going to be on rotation. So simple and so comforting. Thank you, Tiffy!
i made this and it tasted amazing! thank you so much for this accessible recipe! as someone who is trying to cook more, eat healthier, and is not that great of a cook! i also tried mirin as the sweetener and it was very fragrant 😀
now the question is whether i want to remake it or try a new recipe of yours! yum!
I like this recipe a lot! Can you do this with ground pork or chicken?
I’ve been making this dish on repeat! Absolutely love this! I add shredded cabbage to give a little crunch to switch it up every now and then. This dish is great!
Hi Jessika, the shredded cabbage is GENIUS! So glad you love this dish ❤️
Tiffy