Kyethun Kyaw — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

Day-old rice stir-fried with generous amounts of garlic, soy sauce, and a touch of turmeric, finished with crispy fried shallots. This simple yet flavorful dish is the everyday fried rice of Myanmar.

Ingredients

600g cooked day-old rice
8 cloves garlic, sliced
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
3 shallots, thinly sliced and fried crispy
Spring onions for garnish

Instructions

1 Slice garlic thinly and fry half in oil until golden and crispy, then set aside for garnish.
2 In the same wok with remaining oil, fry the rest of the garlic briefly until just fragrant.
3 Add day-old rice, breaking up any clumps, and stir-fry over high heat for three minutes.
4 Add turmeric, soy sauce, and salt, tossing constantly to coat every grain evenly.
5 Continue stir-frying for another two minutes until the rice is hot through and slightly crispy at the edges.
6 Serve topped with crispy fried garlic, crispy shallots, and chopped spring onions.

Did You Know?

Burmese fried rice is distinguished from Chinese versions by its heavy use of turmeric which gives it a distinctly golden hue, and by the generous amounts of garlic that would seem excessive in other cuisines.