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Fried rice

Bacsilog

Tips for perfect bacon, egg and garlic fried rice (bacsilog)

Cooking bacsilog might sound simple but there are two things you should remember: How you cook the bacon matters and rendered bacon fat is delicious.

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Chicksilog (fried chicken, rice and egg)

Chicksilog (fried chicken, rice and egg)

If you’re new to the Filipino breakfast vocabulary, chicksilog is a portmanteau. Chick, of course, is chicken, si is the first syllable of sinangag which means …

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Garlic fried rice garnished with fried garlic and scallions, and served with egg on the side

Garlic fried rice

The default way of cooking fried rice in the Philippines is to flavor it with garlic. But to make the garlic flavor pop, the key is to flavor the oil in which the rice …

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Chicken fried rice, a one bowl meal

Chicken fried rice

For the best chicken fried rice, season and marinate the chicken overnight. For a more interesting flavor combination, pair Indonesian sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) with …

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Egg fried rice in black bowl

Egg fried rice

Day-old rice is briefly stir fried with salt and pepper, beaten eggs are poured in and everything is tossed together until the eggs are cooked.

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Nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice)

A sweet-sour fried rice popular not only in Indonesia but in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei as well, nasi goreng derives its flavor, aroma and color from kecap manis, …

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Chinese-style fried rice

How to cook Chinese-style fried rice

What rice is ideal for making Chinese-style fried rice? What does day-old rice mean? When should the eggs be added? How much cooking oil do you need?

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