Nasi Goreng is the beloved national dish of Indonesia, an Indonesian fried rice with aromatic shrimp paste, sweet soy sauce, and savory elements like garlic and fried shallots.This Nasi Goreng recipe isn’t your average takeout fried rice, but a complex, smoky, and deeply satisfying dish.What Makes Nasi Goreng Different? Nasi goreng literally means “fried rice,” but it has a different flavor profile than the Chinese Chinese fried rice dishes you might be more familiar with.

Here are some of the ingredients that make it unique:  Kecap Manis is a sweet Indonesian soy sauce and the soul of the dish.Unlike regular soy sauce and even Chinese dark soy sauce, Kecap Manis is thick, syrupy, and infused with palm sugar.With such high sugar content, it caramelizes in the wok, giving the rice a dark mahogany color and a distinct smoky-sweet flavor.  Terasi is a pungent Indonesian shrimp paste that comes in brown blocks, similar to belacan from Malaysia.

There are many different kinds of shrimp paste that you can buy, and you can customize how much you add to the rice.I like to add a good amount to really appreciate the flavor of Nasi Goreng.The Toppings and Sides are a big part of the Nasi Goreng experience.

The traditional way to serve it is with a crispy fried egg (telur ceplok), fresh cucumber slices, tomato wedges, and crispy shallots for crunch and fragrance.Sometimes, crunchy fried crackers (krupuk) come on the side as well.Is Nasi Gore

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