Filipino garlic rice is in short, the fricken best.

This is most likely not authentic (sorry) but it is exceptionally delicious and I highly highly urge you to try it!

Basic recipe:
3 cups rice (3c dry)
1 large head garlic
2 sweet onions
1 bunch green onions
2tbsp dark soy
1tbsp oyster sauce
Salt
White pepper

Slice garlic as thin as you can, use a mandoline if you're not confident in your knife skills.

Add 1/2 cup neutral (I used canola) oil to a pan, add in garlic while cold, keep on low, and let go (swirling/stirring every little bit) untill dark golden brown.

Remove garlic from the pan and place on paper towels to dry

Julienne the onions and whites of the green onions. Use all that same garlic oil and saute these now. You want the onions with lots of colour on them and getting crispy.

Dump in the rice and stir it all up. Add in the browned garlic, soy, oyster, salt, pepper, and the greens of the green onions.

Serve and enjoy. You can optionally add some corn or peas or both (or really any veggies you want).

I served with sweet longganisa sausage, a fried egg, and Sriracha. You can add anything you want to this essentially, but it's so so good even just as like "fried rice" (could add egg and such also).

by WillowandWisk

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