''Sinangag'' (), also called garlic fried rice or garlic rice, is a
Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
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fried rice
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dish cooked by
stir-frying pre-cooked rice with
garlic. The rice used is preferably stale, usually leftover cooked rice from the previous day, as it results in rice that is slightly fermented and firmer. It is garnished with toasted garlic,
rock salt
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, black pepper and sometimes chopped
scallion
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s. The rice grains are ideally loose and not stuck together.
It is rarely eaten on its own, but is usually paired with a "dry" meat dish such as tocino
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(bacon), ''longganisa
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'' (sausage), '' tapa'' (dried or cured meat), Spam, or ''daing
''Daing'', ''tuyô'', or ''bilad'' (literally "sun-dried" or "sun-baked") are dried fish from the Philippines. Fish prepared as ''daing'' are usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then sun and air-dri ...
'' (dried fish), as well as the addition of scrambled or fried eggs. Unlike other types of fried rice, it does not normally use ingredients other than garlic, in order not to overwhelm the flavour of the main dish. In the Visayas regions of the Philippines, ''sinangag'' was traditionally seasoned with '' asín tibuok''.
''Sinangag'' is a common part of a traditional Filipino breakfast and it usually prepared with leftover rice from the dinner before. Sometimes, it is cooked in the leftover sauces and oils from Philippine adobo
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, lessening food waste
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. Preparing ''sinangag'' from freshly-cooked rice is frowned upon in Filipino culture. It is one of the components of the '' tapsilog'' breakfast and its derivatives.
See also
* Aligue fried rice
Aligue fried rice (), also known as crab fat fried rice or aligue rice, is a Filipino fried rice dish cooked by stir-frying pre-cooked rice with crab fat (''taba ng talangka'' or ''aligue''), toasted garlic, spring onions, black pepper, rock sa ...
* Bagoong fried rice
Bagoong fried rice, also known as binagoongan fried rice or anglicized as shrimp paste fried rice, is a Filipino fried rice dish cooked by stir-frying pre-cooked rice with sauteed ''bagoong alamang'' (shrimp paste), toasted garlic, spring onions ...
* Cuisine of the Philippines
Filipino cuisine ( fil, lutong Pilipino/pagkaing Pilipino) is composed of the cuisines of more than a hundred distinct ethnolinguistic groups found throughout the Philippine archipelago. A majority of mainstream Filipino dishes that compose Fi ...
* Fried rice
Fried rice is a dish of cooked rice that has been stir-fried in a wok or a frying pan and is usually mixed with other ingredients such as eggs, vegetables, seafood, or meat. It is often eaten by itself or as an accompaniment to another dish. ...
* Kiampong
''Kiampong'', also spelled as ''kiampung'', is a Filipino glutinous rice casserole. Its name originates from Philippine Hokkien for "viand & rice" (). It is a common traditional dish for Chinese Filipino families. It has many variants, but typi ...
* Kuning
''Kuning'', also spelled ''kyuning'' or ''kiyuning'' and Anglicized as yellow rice or turmeric rice, is a Filipino rice dish cooked with turmeric, lemongrass, salt, bay leaves, and other spices to taste. It originates from the island of Mindana ...
* List of fried rice dishes
Fried rice is a dish of cooked rice that has been stir-fried in a wok or a frying pan and is usually mixed with other ingredients such as eggs, vegetables, seafood, or meat. It is often eaten by itself or as an accompaniment to another dish. ...
* List of garlic dishes
This is a list of garlic dishes, comprising dishes and foods that use garlic as a main ingredient. Garlic is a species in the onion genus, ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and '' Chinese onion''. Garlic i ...
* Sinigapuna
References
Fried rice
Philippine rice dishes
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