How to make fried rice (nasi goreng)
Prep time: Depends
on how fast you can chop up the ingredients. I take a long time to cut things.
It also cuts a lot of time if the rice is already cooked. We use leftover rice,
while fresh new rice is cooking. (*A helpful reader pointed out that it’s
important to use leftover rice because it has less moisture. The full
explanation is here.)
Calories: We
don’t believe in counting those in Indonesia, and we’re fans of the empty
calories (i.e. krupuks).
Ingredients:
·
A handful of shallots
·
A handful of garlic
·
2 eggs
·
A handful of red chili peppers
·
One large red chili pepper
·
About 5 cups of cooked rice
·
Vegetable oil
·
Salt
·
Cucumber (optional)
Steps:
1) Cut the red
shallots, garlic, and red chili peppers.
2)
Fry all this together using a wok-like pan and about ¼ cup of vegetable oil.
3)
Once the mixture is sufficiently soft and cooked, remove it from the oil. Use a
stone grinder to mash the ingredients;. Add about 1 teaspoon of salt.
4)
Crack two eggs and scramble in the same wok with same, leftover oil.
5)
Once the eggs are scrambled, stir in about 5 cups of cooked, white rice.
6)
Stir in the ground mixture of garlic, peppers and shallots.
Done!
