Indonesian Fried Rice Food

NASI GORENG (INDONESIAN FRIED RICE)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat.
• Add chilli and garlic, stir for 10 seconds.
• Add onion, cook for 1 minute.
• Add chicken, cook until it mostly turns white, then add 1 tbsp kecap manis and cook for a further 1 minute or until chicken is mostly cooked through and a bit caramelised.
• Add rice, 2 tbsp kecap manis and shrimp paste, if using. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes until sauce reduces down and rice grains start to caramelise (key for flavour!).
• Serve, garnished with garnishes of choice (green onions, red chilli, fried shallots).

INDONESIAN FRIED RICE (NASI GORENG)

Steps:

• Bring the rice and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, and the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Spread onto a baking sheet, and refrigerate 2 hours until cold.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Spray with nonstick cooking spray. Pour eggs into hot skillet. Cook until the eggs begin to set, lifting up the edges of the set eggs to allow the uncooked egg to contact the hot pan, about 1 minute. Flip omelet in one piece and cook until fully set, about 30 seconds. Slice omelet into 1/2 inch strips.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan over high heat. Stir in the onion, leek, garlic, and chile peppers. Cook, stirring, until onion is soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken, prawns, coriander, and cumin, mixing well. Cook and stir for approximately 5 minutes.
• Mix in the cold rice, sweet soy sauce, and omelet strips; cook until shrimp are bright pink and chicken is no longer pink in the center, 3 to 5 minutes.

INDONESIAN FRIED RICE - NASI GORENG

Steps:

• 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.
• Stir the rice with a fork to separate the grains.
• Pour a small amount of oil in a wok and fry the egg to make a thin omelet; cool, then shred.
• 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).
• 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.
• Garnish with shredded egg, cucumber, and tomato.
• Serve with fried egg, fried chicken, satay, and shrimp crackers, (in the traditional style), if desired.

EASY INDONESIAN FRIED RICE (BUMBU NASI GORENG)

Steps:

• Pre-heat a wok or large skillet over medium heat, add the oil and, once heated, add the garlic, shallots, chili relish and (if using them) shrimp; Cook the shrimp until pink on one side, flip once and pull them out when done (3-5 minutes total).
• Once the shallots start to become soft add rice, eliminating any clumps, stir frequently for about three minutes.
• Make a small hole in the center of the rice, pour in the eggs and scramble, incorporating them into the rice gradually as you stir.
• Drizzle in soy or fish sauce, stirring to ensure even dissipation; More sauce or salt may be added at this point to taste; Rice should be thoroughly heated through.
• Top with cooked shrimp; traditionally this is served with fresh cucumber and tomatoes.
• Extras: (sorry for the semi-colons instead of periods, recipezaar's auto format makes each sentence into a seperate step-- something I did not want) It may not be traditional, but I like to add broccoli, deep fried tofu (available at Asian markets and many grocery stores, try to get small cubes), frozen peas and green onion to my rice; If you choose to do so, cut broccoli and fried tofu into small pieces; Add approximately 2/3 cup each of broccoli and peas at the same time you add the garlic, etc and stir fry.
• If the vegetables have absorbed a lot of the oil, more may be necessary before adding rice; Add 2/3 cup fried tofu and sliced green onion with the rice; If you do this it might be easier to cook shrimp separately or leave them in the pan rather than removing (if you aren't picky about done-ness); In fact, any number of vegetables and/or meats may be added; For raw meat, cut into small pieces and add in step 1, after it's cooked proceed to 2, if cooked add it at the end; For added spice (I know these additions are getting exhaustive) add diced chili pepper at step 1.

INDONESIAN FRIED RICE (NASI GORENG)

Steps:

• Boil rice in plenty of salted water until cooked.
• Rinse, drain and spread the rice to cool.
• Do this at least two hours ahead, or preferably, leave overnight in the fridge.
• Combine eggs with sesame oil and salt, and put aside (see below).
• Heat wok or large frying pan over heat until hot.
• Add oil, and wait until it is very hot and slightly smoking.
• Add the onions, ginger, shrimp paste, garlic, and pepper, and stir-fry for 2 minutes, squashing the shrimp paste as you go.
• Then add chicken and shrimp and stir-fry for a further 2 minutes.
• Add rice and continue to stir-fry for 3 minutes.
• Now add the chilli bean sauce or sambal oelek, oyster sauce and ketjap manis/dark soy sauce and continue to stir-fry for 2 minutes.
• Finally, add egg mixture and continue to stir-fry for another minute.
• Alternatively make 2 thin omelettes from the egg mixture ahead of time and cut into strips.
• These can then be used as garnish on the finished dish.
• Turn onto large serving platter and garnish with the spring onion and fresh cilantro, and serve hot.

INDONESIAN FRIED RICE (ASHMORE AND CARTIER)

Steps:

• Put all the spice paste ingredients into a blender and pulse until you get a paste. Then shred the cabbage.
• Put the spice paste into a medium hot pan and stir until fragrant. Then add the cabbage and cook for a few minutes.
• Add the rice and sweet soy sauce, and stir until blended.
• Fry the eggs until the yolks are just firm, and top each serving of rice with a fried egg.

NASI GORENG: INDONESIAN FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Place the drained rice and cold water in a large pan. Bring to a boil, uncovered, then simmer for 10-12 minutes, until all the water is absorbed.
• Stir once with a wooden spoon, then reduce the heat to low. Cover the pan and let cook undisturbed for 10-12 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and set it, still covered, on a wet dish towel. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• Spoon the rice into a bowl, cover with a damp dish towel, and let stand for 2-3 hours, or until cold.
• Heat the oil in a wok. Add the shallots or onion, the fresh chilies or chili powder, and the ginger and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes. Add the carrots and cabbage and stir-fry 2 minutes longer.
• Add all the remaining ingredients, except the rice and garnishes, and stir-fry for 6 minutes, or until all the vegeables are cooked through.
• Add the cold rice and mix it thoroughly with the vegetables over low heat, until it is heated through and takes on the reddish tinge of the paprika and tomato paste. Do not allow the rice to burn. Transfer the mixture to a heated serving dish and arrange the garnishes on top and around the dish.

MY VERSION OF NASI GORENG (INDONESIAN FRIED RICE)

Steps:

• Pour a little oil in a large skillet/wok.
• Fry chicken/bacon in skillet on medium heat until cooked thoroughly.
• Add all other ingredients except rice to the skillet. Add sambal if you want it hot.
• Mix and simmer until shrimp paste dissolves into mixture and everything is heated through.
• Add rice to mixture and mix it in .
• Heat until rice is heated.
• Add more ketchup to taste. There is usually enough ketchup when the rice is light brown from its color.
• To make omelet garnish: Put olive oil in small pan. Whip up 2 or 3 eggs. Pour over olive oil on low-medium heat. Cook until middle sets, then turn the heat off and cover the pan to let the steam finish the edges. (This is a great way to make moist scrambled eggs by the way.) Cut into thin strips and serve over rice.

NASI GORENG (INDONESIAN STIR-FRIED RICE)

Steps:

• Put the rice in a medium heavy-based saucepan and add 520ml water. Quickly bring to the boil, stir once and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 10 mins. Uncover, fluff up with a fork and spread over a tray. Set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Pour in the beaten egg and, as it begins to cook, use a spatula to bring large flakes of cooked egg into the middle of the omelette. Continue to cook like this for a couple of mins, then leave the rest of the egg to set completely. Flip the omelette over and transfer to a plate to cool before cutting it into long, thin shreds.
• Drop the beans into a pan of boiling salted water and cook for 3 mins. Drain, refresh under cold water and set aside.
• Heat the remaining oil in a wok or large, deep frying pan until almost smoking. Add the chicken and prawns, and stir-fry for 1 min. Tip in the shallots, garlic, chillies and carrots, and stir-fry for a further 2 mins until the carrot is just tender. Add the spice paste and stir-fry for 1 min more. Add the tomato purée, kecap manis, cooked rice and green beans, and stir-fry over a high heat for 2 mins. Add the soy sauce, spring onions and shredded omelette, and toss together.
• Spoon the nasi goreng onto warmed plates. Overlap the cucumber and tomato on the side of each plate, sprinkle over the crispy fried onions and serve with prawn crackers.

INDONESIAN FRIED RICE WITH MACKEREL

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok. Tip in the eggs and swirl to coat the base of the pan. Cook for 1 min, then flip and cook the other side until set. Remove and roughly chop into ribbons.
• Add the curry paste and sugar and fry for 1 min. Tip in the rice and stir to coat in the paste, then add the spring onions and peas. Stir-fry for 2-3 mins until everything is really hot. Add the soy sauce, then gently toss through the omelette ribbons and mackerel.
• Divide between 4 bowls and garnish with the cucumber. Serve with extra soy sauce, if you like.

INDONESIAN FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Rinse rice in a large sieve and drain well. Bring rice, water, and 1 1/2 cups chicken broth to a full rolling boil in a 4-quart heavy saucepan. Cover pan, then reduce heat to very low and cook until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let rice stand, covered, 5 minutes. Gently fluff with a fork, then transfer to a large shallow bowl or a large shallow baking pan and cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Chill rice, covered, 8 to 12 hours.
• Heat 1 quart of oil in a 4-quart pot over high heat until thermometer registers 375°F. Gently drop 2 krupuk into oil, then fry until they float to the surface, curl up, and expand, about 20 seconds. Turn krupuk over and fry until pale golden, about 10 seconds, then transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Fry remaining krupuk in 3 batches in same manner, transferring to paper towels to drain, then cool and break into pieces.
• Break up rice into individual grains with your fingers.
• Heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil in wok over high heat until hot but not smoking, then add shallots and stir-fry 1 minute. Add garlic and stir-fry 30 seconds. Add chicken and stir-fry until outside is no longer pink, about 2 minutes. Add shrimp, chiles, and salt and stir-fry until shrimp are just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. Add remaining 1/4 cup broth with ketjap manis and rice and stir-fry until rice is heated through, about 2 minutes. Remove wok from heat and stir in fish sauce and scallions until combined well.
• Serve nasi goreng on a platter with krupuk, cucumber slices, and hard-boiled eggs.
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