Garlic rice
Sinangag
Yesterday's rice, a scandal of garlic, fried until the grains separate — the Filipino breakfast rice.
Recipe by I Want Some Food · Reviewed by the editorial kitchen. Native name preserved: Sinangag.
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- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 8 min
- Total
- 13 min
- Difficulty
- Very easy
- Spice
- No chilli
- Cost
- Cheap nightUnder $8 USD · indicative, not a store price
About
Sinangag is leftover rice fried with a lot of garlic until some of it toasts and the rest perfumes the pot. It is the rice under eggs and a salty meat (tocino, tapa, spam). Fresh rice will clump. Use cold rice.
Ingredients
- Rice, cooked, cold400 g
- Garlic8 clove
- Neutral oil30 ml
- Salt2½ ml
- Spring onion (optional)1
Scaling multiplies the written quantities. Baking still prefers a scale.
Steps
Step 1
Fry half the garlic in oil until gold; lift out for the top. Add rice and remaining garlic, salt, and fry until the grains separate and some toast.
8 min
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Substitutions
Day-old rice → Fresh rice spread on a tray to steam off
An emergency. Still clumpier.
Tips
- Break the rice with wet hands before it hits the pan.
- A fried egg is how it becomes a meal.
History & culture
Silog breakfasts: sinangag + itlog + a cured meat. Also the side that makes adobo leftovers a new meal.
Garlic fried rice is Chinese-Filipino and everyday. The silog naming is later diner language.
Traditional
Provenance: Editorial adaptation. Original editorial adaptation for I Want Some Food. Not copied from another recipe site. Official recipe photography is pending. Photograph: Obsidian Soul via Wikimedia Commons (CC0). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sinangag%20(garlic%20rice)%20from%20the%20Philippines%2C%20with%20egg%2002.jpg
Questions about this recipe
Answers taken from this dish's times, amounts, swaps and tips — not a chatbot.
How long does Garlic rice take?
13 min all in — 5 min prep, 8 min cook. That is the time on this recipe, not a guess.
How many does it serve?
The recipe is written for 2 plates. Scale the ingredient list on the page if you are cooking for a different number.
How hard is it?
Very easy.
How spicy is it?
No chilli.
Does it fit a diet?
The published recipe is labelled Vegetarian, Vegan.
What does it cost to cook?
Cheap night — about Under $8 USD, as a grocery budget for this recipe, not a restaurant price.
What equipment do I need?
Frying pan.
How much salt do I put in?
The recipe lists Salt at ½ tsp.
What can I use instead?
Day-old rice → Fresh rice spread on a tray to steam off. An emergency. Still clumpier.
Any tips from this recipe?
Break the rice with wet hands before it hits the pan. A fried egg is how it becomes a meal.
Can I use an air fryer?
This method is not written for an air fryer. The core technique on the page still applies.
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