Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Fried Noodles with Meat and Vegetables (Mie Jawa) Recipe

Ingredients

• 500-600 g fresh egg noodles

• 250 g/9 oz cooked chicken or beef

• 1 piece galangal root, about 2 cm/3/4 in long

• 2 cloves garlic

• 2 chilies

• 5 leeks

• 1 handful white cabbage

• 1 handful soy bean (soybean) sprouts

• 1 1/2 tablespoons kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)

• 1 teaspoon trasi (shrimp paste)

• salt

• 2 tablespoons coconut oil for frying

• some chicken stock (broth) or water

• 1 bunch celery leaves to garnish

• 1 handful fried onions

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Method:

1. Peel and crush the galangal root. Peel the garlic and cut into thin slices. Cut the chilies into thin strips. Also cut the cooked chicken or beef in strips.

2. Wash and prepare the leeks and cut into diagonal slices. Cut the cabbage into strips and wash. Wash the soy bean sprouts and celery leaves and chop finely.

3. Heat the coconut oil in a large, deep pan (preferably a wok) and fry the garlic until brown.

4. Then add the meat, the vegetables apart from the celery leaves and the spices. Add a little liquid (water or chicken stock) and stir in the noodles.

5. Heat up this mixture, sprinkle with celery and fried onions and serve.