Last updated on June 8th, 2024 at 08:24 pm
Quick and easy garlic fried rice. Every grain of fluffy rice is coated with garlic-infused oil and there is crunchy garlic in every spoonful.
How to make garlic fried rice that is ready in under 15 minutes?
Garlic fried rice is one dish I remember my mother cooked for breakfast which I enjoyed.
Now I make it often because Mamon likes her rice in any form.
She asks me for a bowl of rice to go with vegetables three times a day if possible.
Since rice is not a staple where we are we can not have rice every day like if we are in Asia.
There are plenty of carbohydrates to choose from like potatoes, pasta and bread aside from rice.
However, we always go back to the topic of rice so we have it steamed, fried or spooned in soups.
With only a few minutes of preparation to do, I prepare this with my eyes half closed.
I ask Mamon to do it while I put other things together sometimes.
This is a good way to use up leftover rice or revive rice that has been stored in the fridge overnight.
Throw in the oil, garlic, rice and seasoning in a wok, cook for 5 minutes and a comforting bowl of rice will be served.
What is garlic fried rice?
It is fried rice studded with loads of minced garlic.
It is called sinangag in Filipino which is usually served for breakfast topped with a fried egg or breakfast meat.
But having said that fried rice could be eaten at lunchtime or dinner too.
Feeling fancy?
Or if you want fried rice with some colour make golden fried rice. This garlic fried rice if served with Ilocano Pinakbet is super. Then have a plate of Japanese pickles or radish salad to refresh your palate as well.
How to make the perfect garlic fried rice?
- Rice – We are using leftover rice stored in the fridge overnight so we took it out prior to cooking to make it come to room temperature. After cooking the rice, we fluff it with a rice paddle and that leaves no clumps of grain and less work when stir-frying.
- Minced garlic – Mince a good amount of garlic to cook until nearly golden brown but not burn which I am very good at before adding the rice to the pan.
- Salt – A pinch of salt added to the garlic seem to add more flavour to the dish.
- Wok – Using a wok makes stir-frying easier.
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kcalQuick and easy garlic fried rice. Every grain of fluffy rice is coated with garlic infused oil and there is a crunchy garlic in every spoonful.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
pinch of salt
2 cups cooked rice
1 tablespoon chopped green onion
pepper to taste
Directions
Heat oil in a wok.
Add the minced garlic and pinch of salt.
Cook until the garlic is just turning golden in colour.
Scoop out half the cooked garlic.
Add the rice in the wok. Coat all the grains with oil.
Spread the rice on the surface of the wok and leave undisturbed for two minutes.
Turn the rice and do as step number 6.
When the grains start to jump it is ready.
Sprinkle the green onion and mix.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Top with egg or serve with any breakfast protein of choice.
English
What condiments do you serve alongside fried rice?
Vinegar with chopped garlic and chillies would be a great condiment for Filipino garlic fried rice. Try a fish sauce or soy sauce, garlic and chilli combination too! Enjoy your fried rice!
We eat this with dried or smoked fish with tomatoes on the side. Yum!
You made me miss smoked fish back home. There’s smoked fish here too but not like ours but I like it as much with labanos.
I like the crispy garlic idea. My mother used to make garlic fried rice but not browned like this. I like runny egg yolk to make the rice creamy. Eat with fried dried fish and tomatoes and onion for best breakfast.
Browned, crispy garlic adds more depth to garlic fried rice. Totally with you on the easy egg. It’s a pity dried fish is not widely available here, not hot enough to dry the fish in the sun here so I will save that for when I go home.
Crispy garlic definitely adds oomph to the garlic fried rice. And easy yolks make this even tastier. Dried fish is one I dream about when I have sinangag for now fried fish will do.
My favorite for breakfast with tosino or longganisa. I like the egg sunny side up and easy cooked. Serve with Vinegar with garlic and chilies.
How good that breakfast is! Tosino and longanisa are the best with sinangag.
Sarap ng maraming bawang na sinangag. Ang gawa koy ihinahalo ang itlog sa kanin hindi sunny side up masarap din
Bawang galore ay napakasarap sa sinangag
Kalamansi at patis with sili and more bawang sa side po masarap
Ang sarap naman ng suggestion nyo po natakam tuloy ako.
I took all the garlic out and left just the oil in the pan to cook the rice because I burnt the garlic when I left them in. Otherwise very good recipe. Simple and easy to follow.
That’s a good idea and suggestion to take out the garlic to prevent them from burning. I will give that a try. Thank you for trying the garlic fried rice recipe.
Pang almusal, tanghalian at hapunan man napaka-dali at masarap pa.
Pang all seasons din.