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Filipino garlic fried rice

A pink frilly plate topped with a mound of white rice with caramelised garlic chips on the outside of the rice

Filipino garlic fried rice

Name: Filipino garlic fried rice
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 3 tbsp garlic oil or neutral oil; 6 cloves garlic peeled and finely minced; 3 tbsp salted butter; 615g cooked rice warm or cold; sea salt flakes; 8 large cloves garlic peeled, sliced into 3mm slivers; 165ml neutral oil; 75ml olive oil

Published: January 26, 2022 at 11:34 AM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Buttery fried rice is sprinkled with crisp and golden garlic chips — serve as a side dish or as part of a Filipino full breakfast

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Try this Filipino garlic fried rice then check out our guide to Filipino food. This recipe comes from Angela Dimayuga and Ligaya Mishan's book, Filipinx (£28.99 Abrams).

Angela and Ligaya say: "Plain rice is elemental, the backdrop to almost every dish. Garlic fried rice is the treat. It’s one of the building blocks of silog, our version of a full breakfast that can be eaten all day. In Philippine folklore, garlic gives you protection against aswang, supernatural shapeshifters."

Ingredients

Nutrition

3 tbsp garlic oil or neutral oil
6 cloves garlic

peeled and finely minced
3 tbsp salted butter
615g cooked rice

warm or cold
sea salt flakes

GARLIC CHIPS

8 large cloves garlic

peeled, sliced into 3mm slivers
165ml neutral oil
75ml olive oil

Nutrition: per serving

kcal373
fat18.1g
saturates6.5g
carbs48g
sugars0.2g
fibre0.3g
protein4.2g
salt0.2g

Method

step 1

To make the chips, put the garlic and oils into a medium pan. Set the heat to medium-low. When bubbles appear after 1-2 minutes, gently stir the oil. Cook for another 2 minutes until the garlic turns golden and the bubbling stops. Transfer the chips to a plate lined with kitchen paper to drain and cool. The garlic-infused oil will keep for a month, so use it in another recipe.
step 2

To make the rice, heat the oil on medium-high heat in a wok or large skillet. Cook the garlic for 2 minutes until softened and light golden brown. Add the butter and, once melted, add the rice. Turn the heat to high and mix thoroughly until well combined and hot. Season with salt and a sprinkling of the garlic chips, if using.

This garlic butter fried rice recipe is adapted from Filipinx by Angela Dimayuga and Ligaya Mishan (£28.99, Abrams). Photographs by Alex Lau.

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