If you’re craving restaurant-style fried rice, this Butter Garlic Fried Rice is the recipe that’ll have you ditching the takeout tonight.

It comes together in just ten minutes but tastes far more elevated than the effort involved, with an aromatic depth balancing deeply savoury shades of heat.

The best part? You need just a few basic pantry staples to stir it together – and every base ingredient can be tailored to your preference and palate. Turning it into a full meal is as easy as adding an egg or protein of choice, and feel free to swap in alternatives or adjust the measurements to suit your spice threshold.

How To Make Butter Garlic Fried Rice

Start with the butter. Melt a generous knob of butter in a pan/ work.
Build the flavour: Once melted, add all your aromas, herbs and spices. Think garlic, spring onions (both white and green parts), ginger, chilli oil and chilli flakes.

Homemade Chilli Oil

A jar of homemade chilli oil is the most versatile condiment to have on hand as you can add it to just about everything from eggs to noodles and even salads. The recipe below is easily adaptable to your taste – simply adjust the ingredients below as per your preference to recalibrate the flavours to your spice threshold!

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Add the rice: Once your chilli-garlic mixture is fragrant, toss in your rice. Day-old, cold rice is your best friend here: it fries up separate and toasty instead of turning into a sticky mess. As for the variety – short grain or jasmine rice works best.
Bring it together: Season with soy sauce and a handful of finely chopped fresh herbs. Give everything a good mix, making sure the rice is well coated with all those buttery, garlicky flavours… and DIVE IN!

Tips For Serving This Butter Garlic Fried Rice

This fried rice is delicious on its own and even better topped with a fried egg or paired with a curry or stir-fry. Here are a few of our favourite dishes to serve alongside it:

Vegan Thai Panang Curry

As with most Thai curries, the base for this recipe has the familiar scent and flavours of lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves. Where this Panang Curry sets itself apart, is with the the texture of toasted peanuts pounded into the curry paste.

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Tofu Mushroom Broccoli Stir-Fry

Cosy, nutritious, and delicious — this one-pan stir-fry will quickly become a weeknight favourite. Crispy tofu, vibrant veggies and fresh basil come together with glossy spicy sticky sauce, best served with a bowl of rice!

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Butter Garlic Fried Rice

A no-fuss butter garlic fried rice recipe – rich, garlicky, and ready in minutes with a few key pantry staples.

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Cook Time 10

Total Time 10

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Asian

Ingredients

For the Fried Rice

1.5-2 tbsp butter
6-7 cloves garlic chopped
½-1 cup spring onions, (diced, white & green parts)
1 knob ginger, grated
1-2 tbsp chilli oil or hot sauce
1-2 tbsp chilli flakes
1 cup leftover rice
1 tbsp soy sauce
handful fresh herbs, finely chopped

Instructions

Heat 1.5–2 tbsp butter in a pan.
Once melted, add the chopped garlic, diced spring onions, grated ginger, chilli oil or hot sauce and chilli flakes. Cook for a few minutes, stirring regularly.
Once fragrant, add the leftover rice, soy sauce and finely chopped fresh herbs.
Mix everything well until the rice is evenly coated and heated through. Serve and DIVE IN!