Garlic Butter Rice with Fried Egg
A bowl that fixes everything: hot rice, a runny fried egg, garlic butter, soy, pepper.
Ingredients
- 200 g White rice
- 1 Egg
- 20 g Butter
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 tbsp Light soy sauce
- ¼ tsp Black pepper
Method
- Mince the garlic.
- Melt the butter in a small pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Crack the egg into the garlic butter. Fry until the edges crisp but the yolk is still runny, about 3 minutes.
- Tip the hot rice into a bowl. Top with the egg, drizzle the butter and soy over, and finish with pepper.
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About Garlic Butter Rice with Fried Egg
Garlic butter rice with a fried egg is the ten-minute bowl you make when you want something restorative without a plan. It's the kind of humble, pantry-driven dish cooks everywhere land on independently: hot rice, an egg with a runny yolk, and a fat carrying garlic and salt. Here the garlic is bloomed in melted butter first, and the egg is fried directly in that same garlic butter, so the whites crisp at the edges while soaking up all the aromatics before they ever touch the rice.
The eating is all about the yolk. Broken over hot rice, it slides down and binds everything into something glossy and rich, while a drizzle of the garlic butter and a splash of light soy add salt and depth and black pepper cuts through. There's nothing to plate and nothing to garnish beyond that pepper; it's food for one hungry person at the end of a day or a fast lunch that feels like more than it is. Keep the yolk soft and eat it immediately, before the rice cools.
Garlic Butter Rice with Fried Egg: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Garlic Butter Rice with Fried Egg?
A serving has about 248 calories — 7g protein, 30.5g carbs, 10.8g fat, 0.7g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is Garlic Butter Rice with Fried Egg gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains Light soy sauce. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
Is Garlic Butter Rice with Fried Egg dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Butter. Swapping it for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How many servings does Garlic Butter Rice with Fried Egg make?
This recipe makes 2 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.