Stir fried noodles in 10 minutes? Yes please. Drizzled in a mix of sweet soy sauce, sriracha, and sesame oil, this easy mee goreng recipe will have your taste buds flaming with flavour!
Why We Love This
These sweet + salty + spicy Malaysian noodles burst with a simple blend of South East Asian flavours that are so tasty, you won’t want to stop. They’re easy to make, with simple ingredients you’re likely to have in the pantry, especially if you love cooking spicy Asian recipes.
We could happily eat these noodles for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Related: Nasi Goreng Fried Rice / Yaki Udon – Japanese Fried Noodles
What Is Mee Goreng?
Mee Goreng (also spelled mi goreng / mie goreng) is a Malaysian and Indonesian fried noodle dish, very popular as a street food sold along the road or at hawker centres.
The homemade version is especially popular for those on a budget or those wanting to beef up their regular two minute noodles for a quick lunch or dinner.
The classic spicy noodles are a treat to slurp down with a big mug of teh tarik at your side.
Prefer rice instead? Try this amazing street food dish known as nasi gila (aka Indonesian crazy rice).
What You’ll Need
These mie goreng noodles are super simple to make at home. All you need are instant noodles (don’t worry about the flavour sachet, you can save that for another time) and a handful of tasty ingredients to make your sauce.
Two key items to get this just right are:
Kecap Manis – This is a very dark, sticky Indonesian sweet soy sauce. You’ll sometimes find it smothered over Indonesian satay skewers or used in stir fries or sauce bases like this dish. It’s now commonly available in most supermarkets (in Australia anyway) or if you have no luck there, head to your nearest Asian supermarket or online. You can also make kecap manis at home with just two ingredients.
Sriracha – A fiery hot chilli sauce and super popular condiment in South East Asian cuisine. Especially delicious for sambal telur (eggs in spicy sambal sauce). This is what brings the heat! Find it in most supermarkets in the Asian aisle, or at your local Asian supermarket. If you want to tone it down, use tomato sauce / ketchup instead. You can also use sambal oelek as a substitute.
FAQs
If you’re looking to make more of a meal out of this dish, you’ll want to add protein and vegetables.
Protein: Prawns / shrimp, chicken, pork or tofu.
Vegetables: Bean sprouts, carrot and bok choy go really well with the flavours.
Nasi goreng is a soy sauce based Indonesian fried rice dish whereas mee goreng is a noodle based sweet soy (kecap manis) based dish popular in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Variations & Substitutes
- If you’re not all that into the spicy burn, feel free to replace sriracha with tomato sauce for a milder flavour.
- You can easily make fried shallots at home, rather than buying pre-fried shallots.
Want more South East Asian favourites? Try these next:
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 240 g instant noodles 2 packets of noodles, 120g / 4.2 oz per person, cooked according to packet directions and drained.
- 2 tbsp kecap manis / sweet soy sauce sweet soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sriracha or tomato sauce / ketchup for less spicy version
- 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 2 tsp sesame oil for cooking
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Optional:
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp crispy fried shallots
- 1 tbsp crushed peanuts
- 1 spring onion
Instructions
The Noodles:
- Cook instant noodles according to packet directions, omit the sauce sachet, and drain.240 g instant noodles
The Mee Goreng Sauce Base:
- Grab a small bowl to make the mee goreng sauce. Mix together the kecap manis, sriracha, sweet chilli sauce, soy sauce and curry powder.2 tbsp kecap manis / sweet soy sauce, 2 tbsp sriracha, 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp curry powder
- Now fire up your wok over a medium heat, get the sesame oil and half the vegetable oil sizzling nicely then throw in your freshly cooked instant noodles.2 tbsp vegetable oil, 2 tsp sesame oil
- Pour in your mee goreng sauce and toss everything around the wok until it's nice and even. This should take less than a minute – you just want those noodles covered, then get them out of the pan and into some bowls for serving.
Optional: The Egg + Garnishes
- Add the remaining vegetable oil into the same wok (with noodles removed) and crack in the eggs and fry 'em how you like 'em.2 tbsp vegetable oil, 2 eggs
- Layer the fried egg over your noodles and add crispy shallots, crushed peanuts and spring onion to garnish.1 tbsp crispy fried shallots, 1 tbsp crushed peanuts, 1 spring onion
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Recipe Notes
- Make it a meal: Add protein and vegetables.
Protein ideas: Prawns / shrimp, chicken, pork or tofu.
Vegetables ideas: Bean sprouts, carrot and bok choy go really well with the flavours. - Kecap manis – this is a very dark, sticky Indonesian sweet soy sauce. You’ll sometimes find it smothered over Indonesian satay skewers or used in sauce bases like this dish. It’s now commonly available in most supermarkets (in Australia anyway) or if you have no luck there, head to your nearest Asian supermarket or online.
- Sriracha: A fiery hot chilli sauce and super popular condiment in South East Asian cuisine. This is what brings the heat! Find it in most supermarkets in the Asian aisle, or at your local Asian supermarket. If you want to tone it down, use tomato sauce / ketchup instead. You can also use sambal oelek as a substitute.
- If you’re not all that into the spicy burn, feel free to replace sriracha with tomato sauce for a milder flavour.
- You can easily make fried shallots at home, rather than buying pre-fried shallots.
Nutrition
31 Comments
marcus
13/03/2023 at 7:16 amWill be a staple in my refrigerator from now on! Amazing served hot or eaten cold right out of the fridge (at 2 am). Move over fried rice, mee goreng has arrived.
Wandercooks
14/03/2023 at 7:25 pmHaha yay! We do love a good batch of mee goreng. Especially with your homemade sweet soy sauce right!
Marta Shirley
03/03/2022 at 2:13 amWe loved this and shared it with my non dairy eating son and he loved it too. Spicy easy tasty quick and inexpensive . Perfect
Wandercooks
03/03/2022 at 10:55 amThat’s great Marta! Thanks for sharing. 😀
Ruth
11/08/2020 at 5:23 pmWe really enjoyed this! I halved the curry powder and next time I’ll also halve the sriracha (it was a bit spicy). I will definitely make this again. It was tasty, easy, and pretty fast to put together.
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Wandercooks
12/08/2020 at 11:13 amHey Ruth, yay, so glad you enjoyed the noodles and love your adjustments to the recipe to suit your taste.
Also, thanks for your honest feedback, it all helps to make sure we adjust our settings as we go and find the balance between ads and content without interfering. 🙂 Appreciate it!
Gretchen
17/08/2019 at 7:35 amJust finished making/eating this YUMMY dish! Very authentic Very customizable , if you so desire. Came together in a flash and the whole fam loved it! Tastes just like the street food I remember from Thailand. Thanks so much for this recipe. It’s a keeper. I’d give more than 5 stars if I could.
Gretchen Hesse
17/08/2019 at 6:09 amWhat do you think about adding some shredded carrots and water chestnuts for crunch?
Wandercooks
23/08/2019 at 2:05 pmThanks so much for your feedback Gretchen, that’s awesome! Agreed, it’s a nice quick one, especially for the amount of flavour it packs. Oh I would def try the shredded carrots and chestnuts. Let us know how that goes!
Alina | Cooking Journey Blog
23/07/2019 at 8:29 pmThe combination of flavors sounds amazing, I would be glad to such a bowl for lunch!
Wandercooks
24/07/2019 at 12:07 pmMm good idea! *runs off to the kitchen* 🙂
Annie @ Annie's Noms
23/07/2019 at 7:58 pmI could definitely eat these for breakfast, lunch and dinner too! They look amazing and so delicious. We have noodles at least once a week, need to try these ASAP!
Wandercooks
24/07/2019 at 12:06 pmHaha a noodle lover after our own hearts! Thanks Annie, enjoy the noms!
Shashi at SavorySpin
23/07/2019 at 5:51 pmThis is my first time hearing of Malaysian Mee Goreng and wow – what a flavor packed noodle dish it is!
Wandercooks
24/07/2019 at 12:06 pmHey Shashi, thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoy the dish!
Dannii
23/07/2019 at 5:16 pmThis is totally the kind of comfort food I am loving at the moment. I can’t wait to try.
Wandercooks
24/07/2019 at 12:05 pmMm comfort’s the word, especially with all those flavours going on!
Sara Welch
23/07/2019 at 2:33 pmI know what I will be having for dinner tonight; this looks not only easy, but amazing too!
Wandercooks
24/07/2019 at 12:05 pmIt totally is! Glad we could help, hope you enjoy. 🙂
RainDrop
05/10/2016 at 11:58 pmSo simple and so flavourful! Thank you for this delicious recipe 🙂
Wandercooks
13/10/2016 at 3:35 pmYou’re totally welcome, enjoy!
Jolina - The Unlikely Baker
11/05/2016 at 4:09 amLove Malaysia cuisine. There’s not a lot of really authentic places to get Malaysian food where I am so I’m happy to see this recipe! And it looks really simple too. And let’s face it, you guys had me at Sriracha. Love it!
Wandercooks
11/05/2016 at 9:29 amHow good is sriracha! The combo with kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) is soooo addictive. Glad we could bring a little Malaysian flavour to your part of the world! 🙂
Anne Murphy
11/05/2016 at 2:31 amOh, so fast and simple! But full of flavor.
I bet I could use rice noodles in this (since I can actually eat them…) Most recipes don’t adapt well to them, but I suspect this one will.
Wandercooks
11/05/2016 at 9:28 amYep I think rice noodles would be perfect at soaking up all that delicious flavour!
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry
10/05/2016 at 5:40 pmMy OH absolutely adores this so I will send him your link.
Wandercooks
11/05/2016 at 9:26 amOh great! Let us know how he goes with it! 🙂
Sarah @ Champagne Tastes
10/05/2016 at 2:37 amThis sounds easy and tasty! And it looks soooo much better than just using the little noodle flavoring pack!!!
Wandercooks
10/05/2016 at 9:02 amMm hmm! Way more flavour yet still super simple to make. Huzzah! 😀