Nasi Goreng

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 slices bacon
• 1 cup red onion, finely diced
• 1/2 cup celery, finely diced
• 1/2 cup green onion, finely diced
• 4 tablespoons grated carrots
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 cup mushroom, chopped
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons catsup
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons crushed coriander seeds
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 2 teaspoons sambal oelek
• 1 cup basmati rice (can be done a day ahead) or 1 cup jasmine rice, cooked and cooled (can be done a day ahead)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined or 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces

Recipe

• 1 saute bacon, crumble and set aside.
• 2 to reserved bacon fat, add red onion, celery, green onions, carrot, garlic and mushrooms- saute until tender.
• 3 add soy sauce, fish sauce, catsup, brown sugar, coriander seeds, pepper, curry powder and sambal oelek- saute 1-2 minutes to let flavors develop.
• 4 mix in cooled cooked rice- put pan aside and keep warm.
• 5 in another pan saute shrimp in 1 tbl oil, salt and pepper to taste, mix into rice.
• 6 in the same pan, add 1 tbl oil, add beaten eggs and cook to desired degree of doneness, turn out egg like a crepe, cut into thin strips and reserve.
• 7 heat rice mixture through, mixing until sufficiently hot, put rice on plates, sprinkle with bacon bits, green onion, cilantro and egg strips.