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Teppanyaki (a.k.a. hibachi) style Japanese Garlic Fried Rice, with a double dose of garlic including crispy garlic chips and garlic butter.
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Japanese Garlic Rice

Japanese Garlic Rice is a teppanyaki or hibachi restaurant classic. In this recipe, I'm going to show you how to make this flavorful fried rice at home, finished with savory garlic butter and crispy garlic chips.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese-Western
Keyword rice
Level Beginner
Main Ingredient Rice
Diet Low Sugar, Pescatarian, Vegetarian
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 3 servings
Calories 229kcal
Author Marc Matsumoto

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 345 grams cooked rice
  • 9 grams garlic (1 large clove)
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon cultured unsalted butter
  • black pepper (to taste)
  • ¼ teaspoon umami salt
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • flat leaf parsley (chopped for garnish)
Grams + US Cups - US Standard

Instructions

  • Wet your hands and crumble up 345 grams cooked rice, so there are no big clumps.
    345 grams cooked rice
    Crumble the rice.
  • Use a mandoline or sharp knife to slice ⅔ of 9 grams garlic into thin, even slices.
    9 grams garlic
    Slicing garlic chips using mandoline.
  • To make the garlic butter, grate the remaining garlic and mix it together with 1 tablespoon cultured unsalted butter.
    1 tablespoon cultured unsalted butter
    Mashing butter and grated garlic together.
  • Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to a non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat, add the sliced garlic in a single layer, and make sure it's submerged in oil.
    1 tablespoon vegetable oil
    Frying sliced garlic in oil to make garlic chips.
  • Flip the garlic over repeatedly until it starts to brown around the edges and it's not sizzling much anymore. Work quickly to remove the garlic chips from the pan, leaving the oil behind.
    Crispy browned garlic chips in oil.
  • Increase the heat to high and add the rice to the garlic oil. Stir-fry until the rice is heated through and fragrant.
    Stir-frying garlic rice.
  • Season with ¼ teaspoon umami salt and black pepper and then drizzle 1 teaspoon soy sauce down the edges of the pan. Quickly toss and stir it into the rice.
    black pepper, ¼ teaspoon umami salt, 1 teaspoon soy sauce
    Adding soy sauce to the rim of the pan.
  • Finish the rice by melting the garlic butter into the rice. Serve the garlic fried rice garnished with garlic chips and chopped flat leaf parsley.
    flat leaf parsley
    Garlic fried rice with garlic butter in a pan.

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Nutrition

Calories: 229kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 337mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 117IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 0.3mg