Quick & Easy Nasi Goreng
Nasi Goreng. Delicious rice stir fried in a savory, tangy sauce with aromatics and spam with a crispy fried egg on top. A delicious main dish ready in 30 minutes!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 500 grams cooked jasmine rice (day old)
- 170 grams spam (diced (or sub with ham, chicken, beef or pork))
- 3 large eggs
- 1 shallot (finely sliced)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced )
- 3-5 tbsp vegetable oil (or any neutral oil)
- 2 tbsp Kecap Manis ((aka sweet soy sauce))
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp brown sugar (or cane sugar/palm sugar)
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 11 grams tamarind pulp
- 1 shallot (thinly sliced for crispy shallots)
- 1 cucumber (sliced)
- 2 tomatoes (sliced into wedges)
- 1 red chili pepper (sliced)
- 2 green onions (finely sliced)
- 1 lime (sliced into quarters)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, mix tamarind paste and 2 tbsp hot boiling water. Mash the paste up until it becomes a thick liquid. Remove and discard the pulp by running it through a fine sieve reserving the concentrate you created.
- 2
In another small bowl, combine stir-fry sauce ingredients as listed and add the tamarind concentrate. Set aside.
- 3
To make the crispy shallots: In a large pan on low-medium heat, add only 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Heat oil and then toss in one sliced shallot. Fry until they become browned and crispy on both sides. Remove with a slotted spoon and transfer to a small bowl leaving the remaining oil in the pan.
- 4
Raise heat to medium high heat and add in the remaining shallot, spam and garlic. Stir fry for about 3 minutes until spam is slightly browned.
- 5
Add in day-old cooked rice and break apart. Stir fry for 1-2 minutes until it begins to steam.
- 6
Pour in sauce and give it a good stir fry. Once rice is thoroughly covered in sauce, immediately remove and transfer to a serving plate. Do not overcook. Keep warm by covering it.
- 7
Clean out the pan. On medium-high heat, add remaining vegetable oil. Crack first egg into a bowl and slide the egg into the hot oil to shallow fry until you get crispy edges. The egg yolk should be runny. Repeat this process for remaining eggs. Transfer over fried rice.
- 8
Serve fried rice with sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red chili, green onion, crispy shallots and limes. Enjoy!