Hibachi Style Fried Rice

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This Hibachi Style Fried Rice is the perfect restaurant version that can be made at home with few ingredients. Simple, filling, and delicious. Try making it home to share with your family.

Going to a Japanese steakhouse or hibachi restaurant has always been fun for me.

I mean what is there not to love about this casual dining experience. You get to join a group of friends or strangers around a piping hot flat top grill with a chef to prepare your meal in front of you. If you’re lucky you will also get some fake condiment squeezed at you and witness a flaming pile of onion slices skillfully move into a pile of fresh vegetables as a choo choo train.

It is food and entertainment, seriously what is there not to love about it.

While I love going out to the restaurant to get my hibachi fix, I also love making the same dishes in the comfort of my own home. It is not difficult to create the same meal at home especially the hibachi rice.

What is hibachi fried rice?

Hibachi fried rice is a cooking style in which cooked rice is fried in a heated wok or large skillet with butter, soy sauce, and a few other ingredients. It basically takes everything that you know about fried rice and adds butter to it yielding some amazingly savory flavor.

It begins with rice that has been cooked and had time to fully cool. In the restaurant white rice is commonly used, but you can also make it with any kind of rice that you prefer. For this recipe, I am going to use some Instant Pot Brown Rice to save me some time. However, you may also use any leftover takeout rice that you have on hand. The key is to use cooked and cooled rice because it fries up better than freshly cooked hot rice.

What do I use to cook fried rice?

You may use a wok if you have it. For this recipe, I used an inexpensive wok that I purchased years ago on a shopping trip to Ikea. It heats up quickly and is big enough for me to move the ingredients around in the pan without making a big mess. The one that I have is no longer available from Ikea, but there are some that you can check out on their website. I was also able to find one on Amazon that is similar to the one that I have.

If you do not have a wok, then no worries as you can also use a large skillet or even a 12-inch cast iron skillet.

What ingredients for hibachi rice?

1. Butter
2. Eggs
3. Onion
4. Cooked rice
5. Soy sauce
6. Toasted sesame oil
7. Salt
8. Ground black pepper

How to make Hibachi Fried Rice:

Heat a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. In a small bowl, lightly whisk together the eggs, salt, and ground black pepper. Add a tablespoon of butter into the heated wok or skillet. Once the butter melts, add in the beaten eggs and scramble until they are no longer runny but still a soft scramble.

Carefully remove the cooked eggs from the skillet or wok back into the small bowl, set aside.

Add in another tablespoon of butter into the heated wok or skillet. Once the butter melts, add in the chopped onion and move around in the pan until the onion is lightly coated with the butter. Allow the onion to cook until it becomes translucent.

Add in the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter into the wok or skillet with the cooked onion. Once it melts add in the cooked rice.

Add in the soy sauce and toasted sesame oil with the rice. Stir the rice frequently, breaking it up as needed. Once the fried rice has been heated thoroughly and has lightly browned, add in the egg and stir to evenly distribute.

Serve warm with some yum yum sauce.

Want some recipes to use this Japanese Hibachi Fried Rice with? Try these:

• Yum Yum Sauce
• Hibachi Style Veggies
• Hibachi Chicken
• Ribeye Steak

Have any comments, questions, or other delicious ways to use this Hibachi Fried Rice Recipe? Please share them in the comments below!