how to make Nasi Goreng - Delicious Indonesian Fried Rice
This glorious rice dish belongs to the traditional Indonesian cuisine which has now been embraced by other countries in the region has become a culinary star in its own right!
This is just ONE POT dish with multiple flavours and tastes which is the main reason for it to gain such huge popularity!
Indonesian mothers who used to serve this dish as breakfast by tossing some vegetables and meat with the leftover cold rice from the previous night’s dinner must have never believed that their simple, hurriedly rustled up dish would become one of the most sorted in the whole of South-East Asia, South Asia and beyond!
It’s indeed, a very clever way to give the leftover rice a scrumptiously flavourful finishing. So, keeping the tradition, even now it is made with pre-cooked cold rice.
Adding prawns to this dish proves to be a perfect culinary ingenuity, as seafood and rice just go so well together. Yet, the secret of the addictive delicious taste and the tempting colour stems from the homemade chilli paste (Recipe is given below).
The savoury taste of shrimp, blended with the subtle sweetness of soy sauce and sugar with the right quantities of chilli flakes, ginger and garlic give a delicious twist that no other food enhancer could ever come closer.
You can make the chilli paste in advance and store it in the fridge for future use. Also, preparing chicken, prawns, as well as cooking rice on the previous day, could save a lot of time. Remember, cold rice is best for this dish.
So, Let’s make it;
You will need the following Ingredients:
| Basmati rice | 2 & 1/4 cups |
| Chicken (cut into bite-size pieces) | 500 g |
| Large prawns | 250 g |
| Carrots (cut into thin stripes) | 1 cup |
| Leeks (thinly cut) | 1 cup |
| Onion | 1 large |
| Ginger and Garlic ( chopped) | |
| Green chilli | 1 large |
| Eggs | 3 |
| Sauces : | |
| Soy sauce | 3 tbsp |
| Chilli paste | 4 tbsp |
| Sesame oil | 1 tbsp |
| Fish sauce (Optional) | 2 tbsp |
| Chinese chilli paste | 3 heaps of tbsp |
| Chilli sauce, ketchup or oyster sauce (Optional) |
1st Step – Make the Chilli paste
While experimenting on this great taste bud winner, I came across a method to minimize the amount of oil used in it Instead of deep frying all the ingredients as everyone usually does, I stir-fried!
Surprisingly, the taste was supreme, despite not being drenched in oil like many available brands on the shop shelves. Taste this once and you will never buy any supermarket brands. Make a large batch and fill it into a glass bottle and store in the fridge. It will sit in the fridge fresh and aromatic for about a month.
You will need the following ingredients: (You can add more of any of these according to your taste)
| Dried shrimp | 1 cup |
| Chopped onions | 1/2 cup |
| Sugar | 1tbsp |
| Salt | 1tsp |
| Soy sauce | 3tbsp |
| Ginger and garlic chopped | 2tbsp |
| Chilli flakes | 1tbsp |
| Vinegar | 1tbsp |
Make it:
- In 2tbsp of oil, fry the dried shrimp and keep aside
- Add 1tbsp more oil and fry onions and keep aside
- Add 1tbsp of oil and fry chilli flakes, chopped ginger and garlic
- Bring all together and give a good mix
- Add soy sauce, sugar and salt
- Add vinegar
- Check the taste and add more salt and sugar accordingly, until it is just the right flavour you are looking for!
- Crush all into a paste using a hand blender
- Your delicious chilli paste is ready!
2nd Step – Chicken and Prawns stir fry
Mix all the following ingredients and marinate Chicken and Prawns. Keep aside for 2 hours (Prepare this on the previous day to save time)
- Chilli powder 1tsp
- Ginger and garlic grated or paste 1 tbsp
- Soy sauce 1 tbsp
- Salt and Pepper powder
- Turmeric 1/2 tsp
- Lemon juice 1 tbsp
- Stir fry the chicken and prawns keep aside
3rd Step – Scramble the eggs
- Scramble the 2 eggs with a little salt and pepper and keep aside
4th Step – Prepare the rice(Make this on the previous day and place in the fridge)
- Wash the rice and leave in a bowl filled with cold water for 20 min
- Drain water and fill with fresh water just above the rice
- Add a few drops of oil
- Cook under medium flame until fluffy
- Keep aside to cool off completely (Cooked cold rice from the fridge is best for this recipe)
5th step – Let’s fry up all together
Fry chicken and prawns separatrely and keep aside 
Stir fry veggies and onions 
Add scrambled eggs 
Add cold rice 
Add fried chicken, prawns and stir fry all together with sauces
- Slice the carrots, leeks, and onions, slit a green chili, chop garlic and keep aside
- In a large wok, add 2tbsp of olive oil and saute the onions along with garlic and green chili
- Add the whites of leek and carrots. Stir fry until soften
- Add chicken, prawns and egg scrambled. Toss a few times and push all to a side
- Add sauces and rapidly mix under high flame for a short while
- Add cold rice while rapidly mixing under high flame
- A few minutes rapid tossing and mixing will bring all together and adjust taste at this point. You can add more salt, chilli paste, soy sauce or vinegar
Your Nasi Goreng rice is ready!
Make a perfect bullseye
- Drop an egg very gently on to a small frying pan lowering your hands as close as to the bottom. Dropping the egg from above will splash it all over, not giving you a nice and prim outcome. Cover with a lid and cook under very low flame until done
Serve with delight
- Scoop enough rice to fill a dome-shaped cup, pres tight and place a plate on the top
- Turn upside down and release the cup gently
- You will have a pretty dome of Nasi Goreng in the middle of the plate
- Serve hot with an egg bullseye placed on the top of the dome
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