Garlic Rice + Egg = Silog (Sinangag at Itlog)

Longsilog 

As an Asian, rice is part of every meal and you won't consider it a "meal" if there is no rice included. We always say "iba talaga pag kanin ang kinain" or "it is really different if you had rice". It's more filling than bread. But in case you had some leftover from last night dinner, that is not a problem to us Filipinos because there are many ways to use that leftover rice and cook something really good especially for breakfast.

Breakfast is always the important meal of the day and I always look forward with the classic Filipino breakfast, garlic rice and perfect fried eggs or what we called SILOG, short term for Sinangag(garlic rice) and Itlog (egg) . The aroma of the rice tossed with slightly toasted garlic will really pull you out of your bed. But this classic breakfast staple does not stop here, of course we made different combos like Tapsilog(Tapa,sinangag,itlog), Longsilog (longganiza,sinangag,itlog) Tocilog (tocino,sinangag,itlog) and many other more. These just happened to be the most common silog you can find in most eateries.

Moreover, the true heart of every Silog is the garlic rice or sinangag. The garlic,rice and even the cooking time contributes on making the best sinangag. I don't know how to make the perfect one not until I learned and cook it myself. It may sound simple but it takes few steps to make the perfect Sinangag.

GARLIC RICE (SINANGAG)


cooked cold white rice or any other rice
finely chopped garlic
salt

1. Mashed cold rice until grains are separated. Using cold rice will help this step much easier and will give nice texture to the rice.


2. Chopped some garlic then add a pinch of salt until it is finely chopped.


3.Using a wok or skillet that has high sides, pour oil then add the garlic. By adding garlic into the cold oil will help infuse its flavor. Cook garlic until slightly brown.

4. Add in rice. Mix until garlic is well-incorporated within the rice. Season it with salt. Cook it by  tossing occasionally until the rice turned slight golden brown.



There are no measurement for this blog post. Just use the amount of rice and garlic you preferred. Kainan na!