What on Earth is that? Indonesian chicken fried rice, with accompaniments.
In 1970, Nasi Goreng was my favourite dinner in the canteen. It was wonderful, and all I can remember about it was that it was chicken fried rice with a fried egg on top. But we had very good Asian cooks in the canteen, so it must have been OK.
To recreate it, I referred extensively to “Sambal and Coconut“, yet another of the cookbooks I really like.
This is a tomato and chilli sambal, which I think could have done with quite a lot more chilli. Home grown tomatoes made it very tasty, though.
To the left, peanut and lime leaf kerupuk. Centre is the nasi goreng that was not yet on the plates. Right side, a mild pepper and coconut salad, and the sambal.
Here’s my plate, after I had added the accompaniments. It was all tasty, with good contrast between the crunchy kerupuk and the tender chicken. Will make again, with more chillis…
