Nasi Goreng Kampung, World-Famous Indonesian Cuisine

Indonesian Cuisines - Nasi goreng is a true Indonesian kitchen ingenuity in making use leftover rice and whatnots from yesterday‘s meal, to be cooked with a variety of basic ingredients. There is a possibility that Indonesian fried rice, along with Japanese fried rice (yakimesi) could trace their roots to Chinese culinary heritage.

Nasi Goreng Kampung from Indonesia

The most common and simple type of nasi goreng is Nasi Goreng Jawa (Java), popularly marketed as Nasi Goreng Kampung. The basic ingredients of the dish are chili, shallots and shrimp paste-which are ground and stirfried with a little cooking coil. A generous amount of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) is usually added to the cooking. The rice is then mixed with cabbage slices and leftover meat or chicken. it is common to add fried egg or slices of omelet. Some like to add egg right into the rice while cooking it.

In West Sumatra, Nasi Goreng Rendang makes use of rendang ingredients, making it savory and aromatic. in South Sulawesi, tomato ketchup replaces the need for kecap manis, resulting in red-colored fried rice. in West Java, a variant of fried rice called Nasi Goreng Piritan uses stir-fried fish stomach.

Indonesian Cuisines - Nasi Goreng Kampung

Popular presentations at hotels or restaurants include the use of chicken sate or fried chicken, shrimp crackers and fried egg. This is what is often referred to as Indonesian Nasi Goreng. To add an exquisite touch, it isn’t uncommon to add the use of crabmeat.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4-5):

• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 750 gr rice (best to use cold, left overnight rice)
• 275 gr 5 pcs eggs, cooked over easy, well done 4-5 tablespoons sweet soy sauce 12 gr 3 tablespoons fried shallots
• 20 gr 5 pcs shrimp crackers, fried Cucumber-and-carrot pickles

GROUND SPICES: 

• 60 gr 3 pcs red chilies, take out the seeds 
• 6 gr 3 pcs garlic cloves 
• 100 gr 10 pcs shallots 1-1 1/4% teaspoon salt 
• 2 gr 1 teaspoon shrimp paste, roasted

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat oil in a wok, make a scramble egg , add steam rice , mix well

2. Sautee the ground spices until well cooked and aromatic. Place the rice and egg in the wok, stir constantly until well mixed. Keep stirring until the rice is heated through.

3. Serve with over easy eggs, fried shallots, shrimp crackers and pickles and Pour in the sweet soy sauce as like

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