Hayashi rice updated recipe from scratch using demi glace sauce! Hayashi rice is a popular western-style dish known as “Yoshoku” in Japan. In this post, I will show you how to make it from scratch.
What is Hayashi Rice?
Hayashi rice is one of the Yoshoku dishes that Japanese love. This dish is similar to beef stew served with plain rice. Personally, I really don’t know where the name “Hayashi” comes from. Though, it is said that hashed beef resulted in Hayashi Beef served over steamed rice. Hence, people started to call it Hayashi rice. Another theory is that the dish was created by a chef, (whose name was Hayashi), for feeding staff at his restaurant.
What’s in Hayashi Rice?
It consists of thinly sliced beef, onion, mushroom, green peas, red wine, and the base sauce is my demi glace. The great news for us, who live outside of Japan but still want to enjoy delicious Japanese food, is that the recipe does not require any oriental ingredients!!
Where do you get thinly sliced beef?
Now the only problem you might have is where to find thinly sliced beef. I am lucky enough to live in a city where there are many Asian grocery stores (Chinese, Korean and Japanese). I can buy already thinly sliced beef from those grocery stores. Though if you can not access this thinly sliced beef, you can half freeze a piece of meat and slice it with a sharp knife.
Can I use Canned Demi-Glace Sauce?
Yes, you can. When I lived in Japan, I always used canned demi glace sauce. Because even though I recently shared my recipe for a short cut version of Demi-glace sauce, making the sauce is a bit time-consuming. It is totally worth it though! I make my own demi glace sauce however because I have not seen it in on the shelves in Australia yet.
How about using a Hayashi rice roux
Hayashi rice is as popular as Japanese curry rice among both children and adults. Of course, instant roux is commercially available in Japan just like Japanese curry roux. So if you are time poor then buying some is an option. Though believe me, making Hayashi rice from scratch is totally worth the effort because it is simply mouth-wateringly delicious. I always overeat when I make this.
Serving Options
Hayashi is also great for pasta, noodles, mashed potatoes, Polenta, and Quinoa. Also, not only for real pasta or noodles but good for the latest trend of vegetable pasta/noodles/ rice such as cauliflower rice, zucchini pasta, etc.
Tips to make the best Hayashi Rice from scratch
- Make sure that you mix and reduce the demi glace sauce and red wine before you start to cook other ingredients.
- Fry onion briefly in order to add a crispy texture.
- Expensive red wine is unnecessary. I used cheap sweet red wine because I like a little bit of sweetness. Inexpensive wine will do a great job.
Hope you enjoy this delicious western infused Japanese dish. But also check out other Yoshoku recipes on Chopstick Chronicles too such as Japanese curry rice, Ketchup rice, and Omurice.
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Hayashi Rice from scratch with demi glace sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups demi glace sauce *2
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 10 g butter
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 small onion wedged or about 90g
- 300 g Thinly sliced beef *1
- 5 mushrooms
- 1/4 cup frozen green peas
- 8 cups steamed rice to serve
Instructions
- Pour the demi glace sauce into a saucepan and add red wine. Follow my demi glace recipe in another post.
- Thaw the green peas to room temperature or microwave for 30 seconds.
- Stir to combine the sauce and red wine with a wooden spatula and reduce to your preferred thickness of the sauce. Set aside.
- Heat the butter in a frying pan over medium heat and add garlic.
- When the garlic is flagrant, add onion and mushroom to cook briefly. *3
- Add the beef to the frying pan and cook till the beef browned.
- Pour over the demi glace sauce and red wine mixture and bring them to boil.
- Serve 2 cups of steamed rice, pour the Hayashi sauce over the rice, and garnish with green peas.
Notes
Nutrition
Another question here, is there a particular kind of rice you recommend? Thank you I’m anxious to try this dish.
Hi Maureen, any rice would go well.
If I buy the packaged Demi glacé do I still add red wine to it?
Hi Maureen, yes I would but I am not sure what’s in packaged demi glace sauce. You may need to adjust the amount.
This looks so phenomenal! A for sure must try!
Thank you 😀
My other half loves Asian food. He will love this for sure. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome 😀
This was delicious!
👍
Love your recipes! I was wondering if there is a way to make this vegetarian friendly so can make this for my gf.
I don’t see any updates to the recipe on when to add the garlic, ginger, and chopped onion.
Hi Victor, Thank you for letting me know. I will fix the recipe asap. Thank you for your patience.
There are still no updates when to add the ginger, onion, etc 😀
Hi Lance, I am so sorry. I am very slow to update, but I will update it in coming holiday. Thank you for your patience and reminder 😀
I love it this is an amazing recipe
oh thank you! 😀
You forgot to
Mention when to out in the garlic, ginger and chopped onions
Hi Pia Thank you for letting me know. I will update the recipe shortly. Thank you 😀
Is it really 12 cups of mushrooms?
Hi Samantha, It meant 12 mushrooms.
I like your take on this recipe and plan to make it, but are you sure the CUP measurements are correct? You list a total of six cups of liquid for 1.1 pounds of meat. This seems like a lot to reduce. Or do I understand it wrong?
Hi John 😀 Yes my cup measurements are correct. It is a lot to reduce. Are you from Australia? My measurement cup is 240ml.
I’m from the US so it’s the same for me. I made your recipe and it was fantastic. I’ve shared this with some friends and I’m about to make it for my office. Thanks again for the great recipe!
Ohh Thank you John. I am glad you liked it and cooking it again for your colleagues 😀