Indonesian Spicy Rice
Fried rice is a great meal to use up leftovers, and is quite frugal as well. But, I was getting tired of fried rice which seemed kind of boring. Among the variations of fried rices that I’ve tried, my favorite is Nasi Goreng, the Indonesian version of spicy rice. My attempt at this dish tries to capture the spicy, fishy, and sweet undertones through chili sauce and fish sauce that are usually available in the Asian section of most major supermarkets.
I usually serve this as a main dish with a fried egg on top accompanied by stir fried veggies and sliced cucumbers. The recipe can be doubled and is quite flexible.
Indonesian Spicy Rice
2 servings
2 cups leftover rice, cold
1/4 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup leftover vegetables, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup leftover protein (chicken, beef, shrimp, or tofu)
1/4 cup frozen peas
3 scallions, sliced
1 T cooking oil
1 T garlic chili sauce
1 teaspoon fish sauce or 2 t soy sauce
1 teaspoon honey
2 eggs, fried over easy or poached
Heat the oil in a wok or saute pan until hot and add the carrots and leftover vegetables and protein. Stir fry until heated through. Add the frozen peas, chili sauce, fish sauce and honey. Stir to distribute the seasonings evenly. Add the cold leftover rice and scallions and stir fry until heated through. Top with a cooked egg before serving.
posted at Grocery Cart Challenge, Life as Mom, and The Nourishing Gourmet.
This sounds amazing!! I’ll have to try it with some brown rice to make it a little healthier and low sodium soy sauce.
Yum! My dad makes a nasi goreng pretty regularly but I have never asked him what goes into it. I know he uses pork and shrimp and onions and peas but I’m not sure what spices/sauce he uses to season everything. He does do something fun, though, and serve it with fried bananas. He cuts a banana in half long ways, and then in half again short ways (so you have four 3 inch long half banana slabs) and fries them in butter in a non-stick pan until they are warm and browned a bit. You eat a bite of banana, a bite of rice and maybe some mango chutney and maybe some hot sauce. It’s really tasty. I’ll have to try your recipe and see how it compares!
Alyss, this is a simplified version of Nasi Goreng, no shrimp paste, or ground spice paste.
The bananas sound great. Thanks for commenting.
Wow, this sounds great. A little spicy for us, but I think I could cut back on the spices.
Thanks for sharing!
~Liz
Hi Liz, you can certainly cut back on the spices. If you want to do a totally no spicy version, you might try tomato sauce instead of chili sauce. Thanks for visiting.
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Kimi, do try this, it’s quite different than the plain fried rice. Thanks for linking to this.