Garlic Fried Rice

Filipino Garlic Fried Rice or sinangag  is a popular Filipino breakfast dish made of  leftover rice. It is often serve with Filipino sausages called longganisa or tocino, dried fish, fried eggs, tomato andvinegar sauce.  

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoon cooking oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced 
• 4 cups cooked rice
• salt and pepper

Direction:

1. Heat  oil in a skillet over moderate heat. 
2. Add the minced garlic. Fry until crispy and golden brown.
3. Add rice. Stirring and breaking up large clumps. Cook until all the rice is coated with oil and slightly crisp.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Serve  with your favorite main dish. 

Spanish Rice Recipe

If you are bored of plain rice, try this easy to make Spanish rice recipe.

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup uncooked rice
• One 8-ounce can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 cups water or 1 can (10 1/2 oz) chicken broth
• green onion and cilantro for topping
• sausage (optional)

Directions:

1. Heat oil and butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. 
2. Add the garlic, onions, green peppers, and sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. 
3. Add the rice and stir together to mix. 
4. Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste and the water or broth.
5. Season with salt and pepper. 
6. Bring to a boil. lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes or until the rice is done, stirring once or twice.
7. When done, you may add sausage or chorizo that is browned and drained
8. Serve topped with cilantro and green onion.

Arrozcaldo ( Rice Porridge) and Tokwa ( Bean Curd)

I was craving for Arrozcaldo and Tokwa since last week but I can't find any glutinous rice around the area and the tokwa can only be found in the Filipino stores which is quite far from my place. Around 15 minutes drive ,hehehe! yeah right, for me it is far coz I am a lazy driver.

At last, hubby took time off from work to do some business at the bank near the Filipino stores or we calls it Filipino souq (store) in the Middle East. I asked him to dropped me off and my little boy at the store and just get back to us when he is done.

I got me tokwa for QR 12 only ( $3 ) and some grocery stuff. Then hubby came back to pick us up .Guess what I forgot when we got home? Glutinous rice... Well, what else do I have in the fridge to get a taste of that tokwa right away. I have bean sprout, carrots and green pepper. Okay, that will work. Just need some sauteing and frying to do. Here is my sauteed vegetables with tokwa.

The following day, hubby and me went to his favorite store, Megamart. I looked for some glutinous rice but to no avail so I got me something instead. A pack of instant Arrozcaldo. It is good enough for me and better than nothing. I just added a cup of cooked rice and let it boil, then put some flaked left over chicken breast and hard boil egg. I fried some bean curd too, cut into bite size then poured in the vinegar sauce, a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, a little sugar and chopped pepper.And here goes my finish product .

And my dessert was Del Monte Pineapple fresh from the Philippines.