Indonesian fried rice

In Indonesia, there is a special food that call Indonesian Fried Rice, this food is very delicious and a lot of people like it. Even visitors outside Indonesia also like it.

There are some various kind of spices that add to this fried rice, so the tastes are also different from one region to other region in Indonesia, but  they all are very delicious and tasty.

If you like to make this food in your own house, here is one recipe that you can try it.

INDONESIAN FRIED RICE (Nasi Goreng)

6 servings

Ingredients

4 cups boiled rice
6 medium eggs
4 tbs. vegetable oil
1/2 cup thin sliced ham
1/2 cup shrimp, cooked and shelled
2 tbs. soy sauce
2 medium onions, sliced thin
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 hot red peppers, sliced thin (optional)
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup crisp fried onions (optional)
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Beat the eggs and make 4 very thin omelets, roll and set aside for garnish, or make scrambled eggs and set aside.

Fry onion and garlic in 2 tbs. of vegetable oil for two minutes.

Add the ham, shrimp, chopped celery, soy sauce, salt and pepper and rice , then mix together on low heat for about 10 minutes until brown.

Thinly slice the rolled omelets to garnish with thin sliced red peppers, and fried onion flakes or if you have made scrambled eggs mix this in with the fried rice.


Recipe courtesy of Frank Rugebregt
Frank was born in Blitar, Indonesia and now lives in California
www.rugebregt.com