This recipe for Filipino garlic fried rice is THE BEST RICE EVER in my opinion. Go ahead and fight me. It is fast and easy to make and goes well with everything.
Why eat basic white rice when you can have this. This is one of my favorite side dishes to make and we eat this all the time. I really like this for breakfast to go with spam and a fried egg. You fry the egg so that the yolk stays runny and then mix it up with the rice and it is AMAZING! The beauty of this dish is it is so easy to make and it gives you a great use for left over white rice. If you don't have any green onions don't worry. The rice tastes just as good without them.
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Don't use fresh cooked rice.
The most important part of this recipe is to not use fresh cooked rice. This is true for most fried rice recipes. If the rice is fresh cooked and warm it gets overcooked when trying to fry it and it turns to mush. Cook your rice the way you normally would, I do my rice in the instant pot. Once it is cooked put it in the refrigerator overnight. The next day, or even days later you are ready to fry some rice.
Garlic Fried Rice for every meal.
When I say it goes with everything I mean it. When it comes to lunch or dinner whip up some Filipino Chicken Adobo using my Instant Pot recipe and you are sure to be happy. I even like to eat this fried rice with my grilled steaks!
Let's Make Some Fried Rice!
Gather up the ingredients needed to make Dad's Filipino Garlic Fried Rice. Pound the garlic cloves with a knife, peel them and then dice up the garlic cloves.
Dice up your green onion and then add some oil to a pan over medium high heat. Add in your garlic and cook until just brown. Then add in your green onions and cook for about a minute.
Stir the rice, garlic and onion until mixed. Pour in your water and stir until mixed. Now add in your seasonings and stir until fully mixed again. Your Filipino garlic fried rice is done.
Garlic Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cups Day Old Rice from the Fridge Do not use fresh rice, it wont come out right.
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 1 tablespoon Garlic Powder
- 1 tablespoon Onion Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 3 stalks Green Onions
- ¼ cup Water
- 2 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
Instructions
- Mince garlic cloves.
- Cut the green onions.
- Heat a deep sided pan over medium high heat
- Add vegetable oil to the pan.
- Add garlic to pan and cook until just browned. Make sure not to burn.
- Ad green onion to pan and cook for about 1 minute until just softened.
- Add cold rice to pan.
- Add Garlic Powder, Onion Powder and Salt and mix well.
- Add water to pan and stir well so the rice steams and heats up.
- Serve & enjoy.
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