Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng) Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 cups cooked rice

• 2 eggs

• Meat to taste, and shrimps, or a mixture of several kinds of meat such as chicken and pork

• 5 shallots

• 2 cloves garlic

• 5 red chilies

• 1 tomato

• 1 teaspoon trasi (shrimp paste)

• 1 tablespoon kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)

• salt, pepper

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Peel the shallots and garlic. Wash the chilies (to make the dish less hot, remove the seeds). Wash the tomatoes and cut into pieces.

2. Grind these ingredients together with the trasi, salt and pepper and stir well. Then fry this spicy mixture in the oil.

3. Briefly scramble the eggs in another pan. Add the scrambled egg to the spicy mixture together with the pieces of meat, shrimps and kecap manis. Add the rice, stir well and continue frying while stirring continuously.

4. Nasi goreng is delicious served with fried egg or omelet, and also sate, salad and kerupuk.

5. The kind and number of dishes depends on whether it is served at breakfast, midday or evening.