Nasi Goreng
Indonesia's national fried rice, eaten from breakfast to late-night street stalls: day-old rice fried with a pounded paste of shallots, garlic, chilli and shrimp paste, darkened with sweet soy sauce and topped with a fried egg.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 4 shallots
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 red chillies
- 1 tsp shrimp paste
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil
- 250 g boneless chicken thigh, in small pieces
- 150 g raw prawns, peeled
- 600 g cold cooked long-grain rice, a day old
- 3 tbsp Indonesian sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp white pepper
- 2 spring onions, sliced
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced
- 1 tomato, sliced
- 50 g prawn crackers, to serve
- 2 tbsp crispy fried shallots
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 4131 kcal · P 200.8g · C 557.3g · F 118g
Estimated from 17 of 17 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Pound the shallots, garlic, chillies and shrimp paste into a rough paste in a mortar, or blitz them in a mini chopper.
- 2Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a wok over medium-high heat and fry the paste for 2 minutes, stirring, until fragrant and the raw smell of the shrimp paste has gone.
- 3Add the chicken and stir-fry for 3 minutes, then the prawns for 2 minutes until pink.
- 4Turn the heat to high, add the rice, breaking up any clumps, and toss for 3 minutes until hot through and lightly toasted. Day-old rice is drier, so it fries instead of steaming.
- 5Add the sweet soy sauce, light soy sauce and white pepper and toss until every grain is evenly coloured, then stir in the spring onions.
- 6Fry the eggs in the remaining oil in a frying pan until the edges are crisp and the yolks still runny.
- 7Serve each plate topped with a fried egg, with the cucumber, tomato, prawn crackers and fried shallots on the side.
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Questions and answers
How long does Nasi Goreng take to make?
About 30 minutes: 15 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Nasi Goreng?
17 ingredients: shallots, garlic, red chillies, shrimp paste, sunflower oil, boneless chicken thigh, raw prawns, cold cooked long-grain rice, Indonesian sweet soy sauce, light soy sauce, white pepper, spring onions and 5 more.
How many servings does this Nasi Goreng recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Nasi Goreng?
About 1033 kcal, with 50.2 g protein, 139.3 g carbohydrate and 29.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Nasi Goreng recipe suit?
It is dairy-free.
What cuisine is Nasi Goreng?
Nasi Goreng comes from Indonesian cuisine.
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