Cookbook:Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)

| Cuisine of Indonesia

Ingredients

 * 2 servings of steamed rice
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 clove garlic
 * 2 shallots
 * 1 red chile pepper
 * 1 Tbsp fish oil
 * 10 ml coconut oil
 * Sweet soy sauce
 * Salty soy sauce or salt
 * Ground pepper

Optional ingredients

 * 20 stink beans or green beans
 * 100 g chicken fillet, cut into small pieces
 * 100 g small prawns
 * 4 fish meatballs
 * 2 spoons of tinned corned beef
 * 1 cucumber
 * Sliced hot dogs or sausages
 * Sliced chicken liver
 * Cauliflower
 * Sliced salted dried fish
 * Spring onion

Procedure

 * 1) Slice shallots and red pepper into thin slices.
 * 2) Crush garlic, peel of the skin, and mince well.
 * 3) Slice stinky beans in half, or as desired.
 * 4) Heat oil in wok, add the chicken or prawn, and stir fry until done.
 * 5) Add shallot, pepper, garlic and stink beans. Stir until garlic turns golden.
 * 6) Crack in the eggs, and stir fry until half done.
 * 7) Add the steamed rice, and stir until all mixed.
 * 8) Add soy sauces, salt, and ground pepper as desired.
 * 9) Serve on plates, adding fresh cucumber slices or tomatoes as garnish.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Use cold rice, preferably leftover from a day before. Unsticky rice is easier to cook and preferred by some.
 * Some prefer not to use stinky beans and use green peas or green beans as a substitute. This will give a nice shade of green.

Variations

 * If you are cooking with corned beef, leave the sweet soy sauce out. This is a variation of nasi goreng called nasi goreng kornet or corned beef fried rice.
 * Try including a fried egg, sunny side up, as accompaniment on the side.
 * You can use salted fish as a variation to make nasi goreng ikan asin, or salted fish fried rice. In this case, leave out the sweet soy sauce.
 * Substitute green peas with sliced spring onions, adding them after the rice has been added to the wok. Spring onions will give nice aroma and color to the fried rice.
 * Prawn cracker/chips are a nice condiment on the side.

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