Garlic fried rice
Don't take short cuts by simply sprinkling fried garlic on top of fried rice. Fry pounded garlic in oil until golden and crisp, scoop out, stir fry the rice in the garlic oil and stir in the crispy garlic.
Ingredients
Garlic oil
- ΒΌ cup cooking oil
- 1 whole garlic peeled and pounded
Fried rice
- 2 tablespoons garlic oil
- 3 to 4 cups day-old rice
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
Make garlic oil
- Pour the oil into a wok or frying pan and set the heat to low.
- When the oil is hot, stir in the garlic.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic bits are golden and crisp (it takes about eight minutes).
- Scoop out the garlic, drain on a stack or paper towels and set aside.
Cook the garlic fried rice
- Measure the required amount of garlic oil and set aside the excess for future use.
- Reheat the garlic oil, turn up the heat to high and dump in the rice.
- Sprinkle in salt and pepper, or your preferred seasonings.
- Stir fry the rice until hot.
- Take about three-quarters of the fried garlic and stir into the rice.
To serve
- Ladle the rice into bowls or plates and sprinkle in the remaining fried garlic.