Nasi Goreng

Name: Nasi Goreng
Yield: Serves 3
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon peanut or sesame oil; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 3cm/1¼inch fresh ginger, finely chopped; 2 handfuls of cooked chicken, cut into thin strips, or cooked beef, sliced (Scottish option), or a few handfuls of dried/fried small fish (Sumatran option); 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed; 2 eggs; 2 tablespoons peanuts; ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 large fresh chilli, seeded and sliced; 3 portions of cold cooked rice; 2 onions, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
3

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Around the World in 80 Dishes

By David Loftus

Published 2012

About

The Indonesian island of Sumatra is massively volcanic and its cuisine erupts with big flavours and fragrance. Jake Tilson — artist, writer, designer, broadcaster, photographer and general bon vivant — is the man for a Sumatran recipe. The Scottish ancestors of Jake’s potter wife, Jeff, were tea planters in Sumatra in the 1920s. Jake has inherited their re

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Asia
Indonesia
Sumatra
Main course
South East Asia

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