Vegan Longsilog, Part 1: Garlic Fried Rice

Lately I’ve been more into green smoothies for breakfast, but that doesn’t stop me from eating hearty breakfast food like rice, “eggs”, and “sausages”. I just have them later in the day. Besides, having breakfast food for lunch or dinner seems fun. I always get giddy when I see the words “breakfast food served all day” at restaurants (hello St. Francis Cafe).

But when I cook at home and find myself craving for Filipino breakfast food, I long for a rice plate combo called “Long-si-log“.

Longsilog is an abbreviation of the three dishes in this breakfast food combo: 1. savory sweet sausages also known as Longganisa, the “long-” part in longsilog; 2. garlic fried rice also known as Sinangag, the “-si-” part; and 3. fried egg also known as Itlog, the “-log” part.

Longsilog is not the original rice plate combo, rather a spin-off of “Tapsilog“, which is with Tapa or cured beef, not sausages. There are also other spin-offs like Bangsilog (with fish), Tocilog (with pork), and many more. I prefer to veganize Longsilog first and see where that takes me -hopefully veganizing the whole silogs and even coming up with an original vegan silog!

Because the Vegan Longsilog recipe has three dishes, I’m dividing this post into a series. First, I’ll share the recipe for the garlic fried rice (the easiest part). I’ll then move on to vegan fried egg, and lastly, to vegan sausages.

Garlic Fried Rice

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Serves: 3-5

Ingredients

• 2-3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 6-8 garlic cloves, peeled, crushed and minced
• 3-4 cups leftover rice
• sea salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon of fried minced garlic (for garnish) (optional) or
• pinch of sliced green onions (for garnish) (optional)

Instructions

1. Dip clean hands in a small bowl of water and break apart the leftover rice so there are no lumps. If you don't have leftover rice, you can make a new batch. Just cool it down before breaking apart with your hands.
2. Heat a medium pan over medium heat.
3. Add oil and once hot enough, add garlic and fry until golden brown.
4. Add rice and further break them apart using your ladle. Sprinkle some water if the rice won’t separate.
5. Season with sea salt to taste.
6. Once everything is thoroughly mixed and seasoned, turn off heat and transfer to a serving plate.
7. Garnish and serve hot.

Notes

You can use other kinds of rice for a healthier option.

For those who are more into comfort food, you can use coconut oil (refined for no coconut taste, unrefined for a coconut taste).

Leftover or day old rice is preferred but if you don't have leftover rice, simply cook a new batch, fluff with a fork, and let it cool before breaking them apart with your hands.

If you're eating this by itself, you may add soy sauce and vegetables like broccoli, carrots, young corn, etc.

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Did you gain more insight about Longsilog? Or is it something that you’re very familiar with? Either way, I encourage you to try the vegan version. I recently served it at a breakfast-themed potluck and my friends thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m sure you and your friends will too.

I’ll be posting about Part 2 and 3 soon. In the meantime, feel free to enjoy the garlic fried rice for breakfast in the morning or any time of day.