All of the food at a Japanese steakhouse is delicious, but the tasty Hibachi Fried Rice is a great start to an amazing meal! The hibachi chefs are wildly entertaining as they make shapes on the teppanyaki grills out of the eggs intended for your fried rice!!
Super easy hibachi fried rice made is the start to a great hibachi dinner night at home with your family!
This super easy to make hibachi style fried rice recipe is made in just minutes using leftover long grain rice like Basmati rice or Jasmine rice. All you will need is a few cups of some cooked rice, cooking oil, white onion, frozen peas and carrots blend, an egg, butter and soy sauce!
Japanese fried rice ( aka hibachi or teppanyaki style ) is incredibly easy to make and I’m sharing my top tips for perfecting this wonderful side dish for your hibachi night dinners!
What Kind of Oil Do Japanese Steakhouse Restaurants Use?
Most often, Japanese hibachi restaurants use a blend of oil(s) and rice cooking wine with soy sauce ( see below ). However, canola oil, cottonseed oil and peanut oil are commonly used and if you have some sesame seed oil to mix in 1:10 ratio ( 1 part sesame seed oil to 10 parts canola, cottonseed or peanut oil ) you can get a great flavor to your foods.
Making Hibachi Cooking Oil
That wonderful cooking oil used by hibachi chefs is a combination of 4 basic ingredients. Hibachi cooking oil is made by combining sesame seed oil, olive oil, rice cooking wine, and soy sauce.
Measure out the oils, rice cooking wine and soy sauce into a seal-able container such as a jar or squeeze bottle ( for ease of storage and use ). Shake to combine before using.
What’s The Best Rice For Making Fried Rice?
While Japanese cooking may usually serve up a bowl of some sweet sushi rice ( like Shirakiku brand Koshihikari rice ), or a polished white rice ( hakumai ). This type of rice is softer and will stick together and clump easily.
When making fried rice, my go-to variety is definitely Jasmine rice. Followed closely by Basmati rice, although most any medium to long grain white rice will work.
Whichever rice you use, you want a cooked rice grain that is fluffy yet firm, longer than it is round, and that doesn’t stick together!
How To Make Hibachi Style Fried Rice
- Set all prepared ingredients near workspace as this is cooked on high heat. Using a large wok is preferable, but a large skillet or frying pan will work. Bring wok or skillet to high heat with hibachi cooking oil blend or alternative ( cottonseed, canola, peanut oil ).
- Cook the egg in the heated oil, quickly breaking the cooked egg apart and moving to the sides once cooked. Add vegetables and saute for about 2-3 minutes. *Reduce heat in small increments as needed if cooking too hot.
- Heat butter for 10-20 seconds in the microwave and stir in the soy sauce ( add garlic or garlic powder, if desired ).
- Add the cooled rice to the wok or frying pan, then the butter sauce. Fry for an additional 5 minutes, or until the rice and vegetables are well combined, coated with butter, and everything is heated through.
- Serve immediately, garnish with sliced green onion or sesame seeds.
Serve with some fabulous steak, shrimp, or chicken as well as those tasty Japanese steakhouse dipping sauces!
My hibachi noodles are another amazing version of a Japanese steakhouse side dish to enjoy at home! They’re quick and easy like this Hibachi style fried rice, and can be made along with your rice for a really AWESOME hibachi night at home!!
Should I Dry My Rice Before Making Fried Rice?
My best results have always been from using day old leftover rice for my fried rice recipes. However, if I were to use just cooked rice I would definitely consider spreading my cooked rice on a baking sheet and using the oven fan to dry it out.
This method takes at least thirty minutes, but I would allow it to dry for an hour if at all possible. If you don’t have an oven fan, even spreading the cooked rice and allowing it to cool and dry at room temperature for 30 – 60 minutes is better than cooking with hot ( and still moist ) rice.
What Is A Hibachi?
A hibachi is a Japanese grill, or a shichirin. It’s a small, portable, barbecue grill typically made out of cast iron. Foods are cooked on a grate over open flame, most commonly with charcoal as the heat source. In the United States, hibachis are made for indoor cooking. They will often times have an electric heating source rather than open flame.
What’s The Difference Between Hibachi and Teppanyaki Style Cooking?
If hibachi grilling is done over a grate, what style of cooking is done at the Japanese steakhouse restaurants we all love?? The iron griddle flat cooking surface, also done over open flame ( most commonly fueled with propane ) is actually called teppanyaki style cooking.
Both hibachi and teppanyaki cooking styles grill food over an open flame, but hibachi grilling is done over a grate surface and teppanyaki grilling is done on a griddle surface ( iron plate ).
Please share any questions you may have in the comments section below. Enjoy!!
Hibachi Fried Rice
Ingredients
Hibachi Cooking Oil
- 1 Tbsp sesame seed oil
- 2 1/2 Tbsp olive oil (light or extra virgin)
- 1/4 cup rice cooking wine
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
Hibachi Fried Rice
- 2 cups rice (cooked long grain white rice, I typically use Jasmine)
- 1 Tbsp Hibachi Cooking Oil (see above)
- 1/4 cup white onion (finely chopped)
- 1/2 cup peas and carrots (frozen blend, or a 1/4 cup of each peas and finely chopped or diced carrots)
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp butter (salted)
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
Instructions
Hibachi Cooking Oil
- Combine ingredients in a jar or squeeze bottle that you can seal with a lid to shake up the contents, and for storing any unused portion ( if desired ).
- Shake container before using to cook hibachi style foods, such as this hibachi fried rice, noodles, vegetables, chicken, steak, or seafood.
Hibachi Fried Rice
- Set all prepared ingredients near workspace as this is cooked on high heat. Using a large wok is preferable, but a large skillet or frying pan will work. Bring wok or skillet to high heat with hibachi cooking oil blend or alternative ( cottonseed, canola, peanut oil ).
- Cook the egg in the heated oil, quickly breaking the cooked egg apart and moving to the sides once cooked. Add vegetables and saute for about 2-3 minutes. *Reduce heat in small increments as needed if cooking too hot.
- Heat butter for 10-20 seconds in the microwave and stir in the soy sauce ( add garlic or garlic powder, if desired ).
- Add the cooled rice to the wok or frying pan, then the butter sauce. Fry for an additional 5 minutes, or until the rice and vegetables are well combined, coated with butter, and everything is heated through.
- Serve immediately, garnish with sliced green onion or sesame seeds.
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Angela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma’s kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love!
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