Nasi Goreng, literally meaning "fried rice" in Indonesian, can refer simply to fried pre-cooked rice, a meal including stir fried rice in small amount of cooking oil or margarine, typically spiced with kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), shallot, garlic, tamarind and chilli and accompanied with other ingredients, particularly egg, chicken and prawns. There is also another kind of nasi goreng which is made with ikan asin (salted dried fish) which is also popular across Indonesia and this salted dried rice taste is very rich and very crispy.
Nasi goreng has been called the national dish of Indonesia, though there are many other contenders. There are many Indonesian cuisines but few national dishes. Indonesia's national dish knows no social barriers. It can be enjoyed in its simplest manifestation from a tin plate at a roadside warung, travelling night hawker's cart; eaten on porcelain in restaurants, or constructed at the buffet tables of Jakarta dinner parties.[3]
In 2011 an online poll by 35,000 people held by CNN International chose Nasi Goreng as the number two of their 'World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods' list after rendang.
Nasi Goreng Ingridients
- 400g (2 cups) long-grain white rice
- 1 tbs vegetable or peanut oil
- 2 (about 275g) chicken thigh fillets, excess fat trimmed, cut into 2cm pieces
- 1 175g pkt shortcut bacon (Primo brand), thinly sliced crossways
- 5 eschalots (French shallots), thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 carrot, finely diced
- 1 celery stick, trimmed, finely diced
- 200g small cooked peeled prawns
- 40g (3/4 cup) loosely packed finely shredded Chinese cabbage
- 80g bean sprouts
- 2 tbs bought fried shallots (Maesri brand)
- 2 tbs kecap manis
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 4 eggs
There are many types of nasi goreng, which as chicken, beef, lamb, fish, crazy fried rice. Usually, crazy fried rice is very spicy that could make you sweat a lot.
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