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Description
Nasi Goreng is the popular Indonesian fried rice which is traditionally served with a fried egg. I love the unique dark brown, caramelised colour of the rice! It’s a simple recipe, you won’t need to hunt down any unusual ingredients, and it’s one of my favourite Indonesian foods – and I’m betting you will love it too.
Chicken
RICE
Optional Tropings
Instructions
RICE
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How to Cook Rice
Put the rice in a pan with 400ml boiling water. Stir once, bring to a simmer, then cover and turn the heat right down. Cook for 15 minutes, then take off the heat and leave on a damp tea towel or cloth for five minutes with the lid off. Fork through to fluff up, then spread on a baking tray and refrigerate, overnight if possible.
Cook the rice in boiling water, drain, spread out on an oven tray to cool down, then refrigerate
Chicken
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How to Cook Chicken
- Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat.
- Add chili and garlic, stir for 10 seconds.
- Add onion, cook for 1 minute.
- Add chicken, cook until it mostly turns white, then add 1 tbsp kecap manis and cook for a further 1 minute or until chicken is mostly cooked through and a bit caramelized.
Spices Paste
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How to paste Spice
Put all the ingredients for the paste in a small blender or mortar and whizz or pound until fairly smooth.
Put all the ingredients for the paste in a small blender or mortar and whizz or pound until fairly smooth.
Put all the ingredients for the paste in a small blender or mortar and whizz or pound until fairly smooth.
Grind all the ingredients for the spice paste
Egg
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How to Fried Egg
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Pour in the beaten egg and, as it begins to cook, use a spatula to bring large flakes of cooked egg into the middle of the omelet. Continue to cook like this for a couple of mins, then leave the rest of the egg to set completely. Flip the omelet over and transfer to a plate to cool before cutting it into long, thin shreds.
Fry the garlic until golden, then add the eggs and leave to cook until semi-set and brown at the edges
Beans
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How to Cook Beans
Drop the beans into a pan of boiling salted water and cook for 3 mins. Drain, refresh under cold water, and set aside.
Drop the beans into a pan of boiling salted water and cook for 3 mins. Drain, refresh under cold water, and set aside.
Serving
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How to Serve
Spoon the nasi goreng onto warmed plates. Overlap the cucumber and tomato on the side of each plate, sprinkle over the crispy fried onions and serve with prawn crackers.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 25kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 0.08g1%
- Saturated Fat 0.17g1%
- Trans Fat 120g
- Cholesterol 200mg67%
- Sodium 556mg24%
- Potassium 15mg1%
- Total Carbohydrate 23g8%
- Dietary Fiber 44g176%
- Sugars 12g
- Protein 562g1124%
- Vitamin A 78 IU
- Vitamin C 89 mg
- Calcium 98 mg
- Iron 47 mg
- Vitamin B12 47 mcg
- Selenium 91 mcg
- Chromium 78 mcg
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
1. Kecap Manis (sometimes called Ketjap Manis) is an Indonesian sweet soy sauce that is thicker than other soy sauces. Sometimes just labelled as “sweet soy sauce”.
Also easy to make your own! Just combine 1/4 cup ordinary soy sauce (I use Kikkoman) and 1/4 cup brown sugar over medium heat. Bring to a simmer and reduce until it becomes a maple syrup consistency. It will thicken more when it cools.
2. Chilli – I use 2 birds eye or Thai red chillies, adds a mild warmth, doesn’t make it spicy. Adjust to taste. Chilli paste can also be used instead – add it when you add the rice.
Still tasty WITHOUT shrimp paste. SUB with more kecap mans OR 1 tbsp fish sauce!
3. Storage – as with all fried rice, it keeps great for a day or two in the fridge then I find it gets a bit dry. Salvage it with a sprinkle of water then microwave it – makes it all steamy and moist again! Do the same if you freeze it.
4. Nutrition per serving including egg.
