Description
Nasi Goreng (Indonesian fried rice) This fried rice recipe is very flavorful and versatile. It is spicy, sweet, and sour. The spiciness of this dish comes from sambal, made with shallots, garlic, chilies, and shrimp paste (which is replaced by all-purpose sauce in this recipe). The sweet and sour taste comes from Kecap Manis sauce (can be substituted with any variety of sweet soy sauce). This recipe is easy to make and takes less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Making Sambal (chili paste)
Shallots- 1/4 cup
garlic- 2 cloves
Red Chilies- 3 whole
All Purpose Sauce- 1 Tbsp.
Water- 4 Tbsp.
Making Fried Rice
Chicken (boneless)- 1 cup (cut into thin strips)
Oil- 3 Tbsp.
Salt- 3/4 tsp+ 1/2 tsp
Mixed vegetables- 2 cups (Colored peppers, Bok Choy, and Mushrooms)
Rice- 1 1/2 cups raw rice cooked
Kecap Manis- 2 Tbsp. (Can be replaced with Sweet Soy Sauce)
Eggs- 3
Cilantro- 1/4 cup
Green Onions (Scallions)- 1/4 cup
Instructions
1. First step is making Sambal (chili paste) . Take 1/4 cup of shallots, two cloves of garlic, three red chilies, 1 tsp all-purpose sauce in a blender. I have used the all-purpose sauce in this recipe as a replacement for shrimp paste used in traditional Nasi Goreng. Blend these four ingredients in the blender with 4 Tbsp. of water. Blend to a smooth paste.
2. Take 3 Tbsp. of oil in a wok. At a medium to high temperature, after the oil is hot, add the prepared paste and sauté until it is light golden brown. This step will take about a minute.
3. Add 1 cup of thinly sliced chicken pieces to the wok. Toss the chicken pieces and add 3/4 tsp salt. Stir and cook the chicken on a medium to high flame for 8 minutes or until the chicken is cooked well.
4. Add 2 cups of mixed vegetables. In this recipe, I have used Colored Peppers, Bok Choy, and Mushrooms. Substitute the veggies based on taste or availability. Saute for 5 minutes until all the vegetables are cooked.
5. Add 1 1/2 cups of raw rice boiled according to the instructions. Water content to boil the rice varies with each rice variety. So make sure to follow the package instructions in preparing the rice. The warm rice added as it blends well with chicken and vegetables.
6. Add 2 Tbsp. Kecap Manis (or any variety of sweet soy sauce). Traditionally, Kecap Manis is preferred as it gives a rich sweet and savory flavor to the dish. Saute on high flame for 3 minutes.
7. Add 1/2 tsp of salt (more or less as needed), and continue to mix everything well.
8. Add 1/4 cup of cilantro and 1/4 cup of green onions (scallions) and stir to combine everything well by turning the stove off.
9. Prepare three eggs by frying them in oil with a sunny side up. Serve the fried rice with a fried egg on top. Garnish with cilantro and green onions.
Notes
1. Nasi Goreng is a very versatile dish. It is so flavorful and tasty with just the vegetables, chicken, or seafood.
2. Shrimp paste, also called as (Kapi, Trassi or Bagoong Aramang) can be of strong smell for those using it for the first time. It is made from the ground up shrimp and then fermented in the hot sun. It gives the dish its unique flavor, so recommended to use it in making the traditional Nasi Goreng. Another alternative to not using shrimp paste is using the all-purpose sauce. Please use whichever is more comfortable.
3. Some of the other vegetables used are sugar snap peas, broccoli, carrots, radish, etc.
4. once prepared, tastes best immediately as it does not store well for a long time. It saves in the refrigerator for a day or two.
5. Fried rice tastes best when sautéed at a higher temperature. Make sure to follow the instructions where it says high temperature setting to cook the meat and vegetables fast in lesser time.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Chicken Dishes
- Method: Cook
- Cuisine: Indonesian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 232 Kcal
- Sugar: 2.32 g
- Sodium: 338 mg
- Fat: 6.82 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.02 g
- Trans Fat: 0.027 g
- Carbohydrates: 28.1 g
- Fiber: 1.6 g
- Protein: 13.99 g
- Cholesterol: 79 mg
Keywords: Nasi Goreng, Indonesian Fried Rice, Fried Rice Recipe, Indonesian Cuisine, Chicken Fried Rice, Vegetable Fried Rice