Sometimes you may find yourself with some leftover rice, and one great option is making Garlic Butter Fried Rice! It's budget friendly, vegetarian, and has a wonderful savoury taste. This recipe takes less than 20 minutes so include it today in your dinner plans.

Why You'll love this recipe

the best leftover rice recipe you could try at home.
easy to prepare with just few ingredients.
you can customize by adding your favourite protein.
can be partner with everything.

Ingredients Needed

Ingredient Notes

rice: a day old rice or leftover rice works best in making fried rice.
butter: unsalted butter. If you are using salted butter then soy sauce should be adjusted.
eggs: 2 eggs. Separate egg yolks from white.
soy sauce: low sodium soy sauce.
garlic: lots of garlic! I used 6 cloves of garlic for this recipe.
green onions: extra flavour.
black pepper: black or white pepper is fine.
chili flakes: add some if you want spicy! (optional)

Step-by-step Instructions

Step 1: In over medium heat pan, melt butter. Sautè garlic for 2-3 minutes or until brown. Add white parts of green onions. Mix egg yolks and rice in a separate bowl before adding in a pan.

Step 2: Add rice and mix well with garlic. Season with soy sauce, black pepper, and salt. Add green onions. Mix everything together until evenly distributed.

season garlic butter fried rice with soy sauce and pepper

Step 3: Move rice on the side, add butter. Add white eggs and wait for 20 seconds before scrambling egg whites. Mix eggs and rice together for 2-3 minutes.

Step 4: Remove from the pan and place in a serving plate. Garnish with green onion and serve!

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Recipe

Garlic Butter Fried Rice

Kristel Baclaan

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Course Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine American, asian, Chinese, filipino

Servings 2 servings

Ingredients

2 cups cooked rice
6 cloves garlic
2 tablespoon butter melted
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 stalks green onions
2 larges eggs
1½ teaspoon soy sauce
½ teaspoon black pepper
salt if needed

Instructions

Separate egg yolks and egg whites. Mix rice and egg yolks on a bowl.
In over medium heat pan, melt 1 tablespoon of butter and add 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Add garlic and sautè for 2-3 minutes or until brown. Add white parts of green onions.
Add cooked rice and mix with garlic for 3-4 minutes. Season with soy sauce, black pepper and salt if needed. Stir in green onions. Mix everything until evenly distributed.
Push rice on the side, add 1 tablespoon of butter. Add white eggs and wait for 20 seconds before scrambling egg whites.
Mix eggs and rice together for another 2-3 minutes.
Remove from the pan and place in a serving plate. Garnish with green onion and serve.