Fast Nasi Goreng - Indonesian Fried Rice
This amazing nasi goreng recipe is fast, fresh and super satisfying! Dive into a batch of sweet, savoury and spicy Indonesian fried rice for the ultimate street food experience at home.
Servings 4 Bowls
Calories 273kcal
Cost $8
Equipment
- Large wok or large frying pan or skillet
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked rice yesterday’s rice is best
- 1 egg for scrambling
- 100 g rotisserie chicken or leftover chicken, shredded
- 1 cup napa cabbage chopped
- 1 tsp chilli sambal sub sriracha
For the rice seasoning
- 3 shallots chopped finely, sub 1 onion
- 2 garlic chopped finely
- 2 tbsp kecap manis / sweet soy sauce
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp belacan sub shrimp paste or 1 tsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Topping ideas
- fried egg
- cucumber
- tomato
- krupuk udang Indonesian Prawn Crackers
- kecap manis / sweet soy sauce or sriracha
- spring onion
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil in a large wok or frying pan over high heat.2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Add shredded chicken and sambal chilli and fry for a minute or so. Remove from pan.100 g rotisserie chicken, 1 tsp chilli sambal
- Add in your shallots, garlic, belacan (or fish sauce) and salt, frying for 30 seconds or so. Then finally, drizzle in your kecap manis.3 shallots, 2 garlic, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp belacan, 2 tbsp kecap manis / sweet soy sauce
- Add the sambal chicken back into the wok, along with the cabbage and cooked rice. Mix until combined with the sauce.1 cup napa cabbage, 3 cups cooked rice
- Bring heat down to low-medium. Make a hole in the middle of rice and crack an egg. Scramble it with spatula and allow to cook mostly through for around a minute, then chop it up and mix it through the rice.1 egg
- Switch off your heat and serve with garnishes such as a fried egg, tomato, cucumber or krupuk.fried egg, cucumber, tomato, krupuk udang
- Squeeze extra kecap manis or sriracha over the dish for extra flavour and top with optional chopped spring onion.kecap manis / sweet soy sauce, spring onion
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Nutrition
Calories: 273kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 582mg | Potassium: 171mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 121IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 1mg