Ahh Benihana! It’s probably the only restaurant in the world where the chef lights up a kitchen fire 5 ft high right in front of you and instead of running towards the exits, you respond with ‘ohhhh’ and ‘ahhhs’. And oh yeah, and their garlic fried rice is pretty good too! So good, we had to make our own version of a Japanese garlic beef fried rice!
They take the traditional Japanese fried rice and add in an awesome ingredient called garlic butter that just makes it oh so yummy! So this Japanese Garlic Beef Cauliflower Fried Rice – Chahan recipe is based directly from that idea!
Of course, the first thing we did was replace your rice with cauliflower rice, which was easy enough. Then we just followed the steps of a traditional Japanese chahan dish and added in some of the top secret garlic butter to make this dish come alive!
And even though fried rice might seem like a hard dish to make, it’s actually pretty easy.
The only thing to watch out for is the precooking steps where you cook the ingredients one at a time and then throw it all together, unlike a stir fry where you throw everything in and then cook it.
We start with by getting all the ingredients prepared by chopping them up to the proper size. Although this might sound like an obvious step, it’s actually really important because the cooking process of the recipes goes really fast, so you won’t have time to stop and chop the ingredients up.
Once all the prep and precooking is ready, we start with the base rice, but in our case, it’s cauliflower rice. We cook the rice about half way through and then add the various ingredients to the mix. Lastly, we finish with the precooked ingredients and various seasonings such as the oh so important garlic butter, Soy Sauce, and good oil salt and black pepper. Mix all that up and you have yourself some garlic butter Japanese fried rice, low-carb/keto style!
With all that, this dish as pictured is low-carb/keto friendly at ~5g per bowl and a great option for a quick lunch or dinner! Serve it with some miso or chicken soup and you’ll have yourself a good looking meal there!
The only ingredient you need to enjoy this dish is Soy Sauce, which can be purchased on Amazon or any supermarket.
Now, let’s get started!
Prepping Time 5M
Cook Time 10M
Total Time 15M
Net Carb/Serv ~5g
Servings 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 1/4 lb Thinly Sliced Beef (you can use chicken or pork as well)
- 2 Cups Cauliflower Rice
- 1 tbsp Neutral Oil (oil with no taste)
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1-2 Garlic (use 2 if you like garlic)
- 1/8 Whole Onion
- 1/2 Stalk Green Onion
- 1 Egg
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Black Pepper
Directions
1) Gather all the ingredients.
2) Finely dice green onions, onions, beef and set aside.
3) Grate garlic with a grater and set aside.
4) In a small mixing bowl beat eggs.
5) In a small Teflon frying pan, spray cooking oil, pour eggs on medium-low heat, mix as if you are scrambling eggs for 1 minute and remove from heat. Eggs should only be partially cooked (very soft). Transfer to holding a bowl.
6) In a new small Teflon frying pan, spray cooking oil on high heat, add beef and cook for 2-3 minutes or until cooked. Transfer to holding a bowl.
7) In a large Teflon frying pan, add oil on high heat. Once the oil starts to lightly smoke, add cauliflower rice and onion. Stir often and cook for 2-3 minutes or until desired texture is reached.
8) After 2-3 minutes, add beef, partially cooked eggs, Soy Sauce, grated garlic, butter, salt and black pepper. Mix well and continue to cook for an additional 1 minute or until eggs are fully cooked.
9) Lastly, mix in the green onions and transfer to a serving bowl. Enjoy hot!
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Japanese Garlic Beef Cauliflower Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 1/4 lb Beef you can use chicken or pork as well
- 2 Cups Cauliflower Rice
- 1 tbsp Netural Oil oil with no taste
- 2 tbsp Butter preferably grass fed
- 1-2 Whole Garlic use 2 if you like garlic
- 1/8 Whole Onion
- 1/2 Stalk Green Onion
- 1 Egg Egg
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Finely dice green onions, onions, beef and set aside.
- Grate garlic with a grater and set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl, lightly beat eggs.
- In a small Teflon frying pan, spray cooking oil, pour eggs on medium-low heat, mix as if you are scrambling eggs for 1 minute and remove from heat. Eggs should only be partially cooked (very soft). Transfer to holding a bowl.
- In a new small Teflon frying pan, spray cooking oil on high heat, add beef and cook for 2-3 minutes or until cooked. Transfer to holding a bowl.
- In a large Teflon frying pan, add oil on high heat. Once the oil starts to lightly smoke, add cauliflower rice and onion. Stir often and cook for 2-3 minutes or until desired texture is reached.
- After 2-3 minutes, add beef, partially cooked eggs, Soy Sauce, grated garlic, butter, salt and black pepper. Mix well and continue to cook for an additional 1 minute or until eggs are fully cooked.
- Lastly, mix in the green onions and transfer to a serving bowl. Enjoy hot!
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