Indonesian Fried Rice : Nasi Goreng

Ingredients

- 4 cups cold cooked rice
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 5 shallots, peeled and sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
- 3 red chilies, sliced
- 1 teaspoon dried shrimp paste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
- sliced cucumber (to garnish)
- sliced tomato (to garnish)
- 8 ounces sliced chicken or sliced pork or medium shrimp, shelled,deveined and chopped (optional)
- 1 cup shredded cabbage (optional)

Directions

1. Note: This dish is usually served with traditional meat accompaniments or with meat in the dish; so the meat and cabbage to go in is optional.

2. Stir the rice with a fork to separate the grains.

3. Pour a small amount of oil in a wok and fry the egg to make a thin omelet; cool, then shred.

4. Heat the remaining oil in the wok and fry the shallots, garlic, chilies and shrimp paste until the shallots are tender (if adding any meat or shredded cabbage to this dish, add now and cook until meat is cooked through).

5. Increase the heat to high and add the rice, salt and soy sauce, adding a little oil if necessary, stirring constantly until well mixed and heated through.

6. Garnish with shredded egg, cucumber, and tomato.

7. Serve with fried egg, fried chicken, satay, and shrimp crackers, (in the traditional style), if desired.

Source

Nasi Goreng is an Indonesian dish which is usually cooked and served with side dishes like pickles, kerupuk (crackers), emping (a type of kerupuk made of melinjo/Gnetum gnemon) and fried egg. One of distinctive flavors used in Nasi Goreng is Terasi. Terasi is a paste made of prawns which are dried and fermented; the smell is horrible, but the taste lovely after frying.

Ingredients:

-3 cups cooked rice
-10 big red chilli
-5 red Thai chilli
-10 shallots
-1 tsp shrimp paste
-salt and sugar as needed
-sweet soy bean sauce
-salted fish - fried and cut into small cubes
-tomato cut into 4 small pieces
-fried shallots
-Krupuk, fish or shrimp fried crackers
-fried eggs
-sliced cucumbers

Instructions:

1. Grind shallots, chillies and shrimp paste
2. Heat 1 tbs of oil and sautee the ingredients above until fragant
3. Add rice, sweet soy bean sauce and tomatoes and the salted fish
4. Mix the rice well and top it with fried shallots. It's good eaten with sliced cucumbers, fried crackers and fried marinated beef.

Source

Global Gourmet Dutch Tomato Soup, Nasi Goreng, Deep Fried Seafood Roll & English Plum Tart

Product Description:
Amsterdam, Holland
Dutch tomato soup. Prepared by Chef Renee at Five Flies Restaurant.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice with pork and shrimp). Prepared by Chef Walter Bemer.
Taipei, Taiwan
Deep fried seafood roll. Prepared by Chef Nam Lee.
London, England
English plum tart. Prepared by Chefs of the Cordon Bleu at Le Cordon Bleu.