Nasi Goreng or Indonesian fried rice as it is translated is one of our favorite ways to use up any cooked rice we have leftover. It is a great meal, that both the boys love and super simple to make. Plus you can add whatever you have in the fridge.
There is something perfect about fried rice topped with a fried or poached egg. It makes a delicious dressing and this is great either hot or cold.
Ingredients
- 250g cooked basmati rice (or 250g cooked and cooled basmati rice)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 3 shallots, sliced into thinly or 4 spring onions sliced thinly
- 100g frozen peas
- 100g of frozen sweetcorn or a small tin of sweetcorn
- 1 red pepper finely chopped
- Chicken breasts (Optional)
- 1 egg per person
- Nasi Goreng paste to taste
Method
Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and fry the sliced shallots until golden and set aside.
Then add the paste to the oil before adding your meat (if using) and then add your vegetables and stir fry, keeping everything on the move.
Add the rice and mix well. When everything is piping hot, serve immediately topped with fried onion, spring onion.
We tend to top ours with a poached egg per person too.
See the other cooking with kids team R is for rice recipes here
Steak fried rice by Slugs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Easy vegetable rice by Sugar Aunts
Cinnamon and Apple Rice Pudding by Rainy Day Mum
Stock pot chicken soup with rice from Still playing school
Ingredients
- 250g cooked basmati rice (or 250g cooked and cooled basmati rice)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 3 shallots, sliced into thinly or 4 spring onions sliced thinly
- 100g frozen peas
- 100g of frozen sweetcorn or a small tin of sweetcorn
- 1 red pepper finely chopped
- Chicken breasts (Optional)
- 1 egg per person
- Nasi Goreng paste to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and fry the sliced shallots until golden and set aside.
- Then add the paste to the oil before adding your meat (if using) and then add your vegetables and stir fry, keeping everything on the move.
- Add the rice and mix well. When everything is piping hot, serve immediately topped with fried onion, spring onion.
- We tend to top ours with a poached egg per person too.
See our other A-Z of cooking with kids series here
- A is for Apple muffins
- B is for Banana and chocolate chip muffins
- C is for Carrot cake
- D is for Dough – Pizza recipe
- E is for Eggy bread or french toast
- F is for Flour and M&M cookies
- G is for Grape and yogurt bites
- H is for grilled haloumi and honey mustard salad
- I is for Italian – spaghetti bolognese
- J is for Jam tarts
- K is for Kiwi smoothie
- L is for Lemon Madeira cake
- M is for Mushroom Mini Pizza Bites
- N is for Nuts, Pistachio ice cream
- O is for Olive damper bread on a stick
- P is for Peppers – Chicken fajitas
- Q is for Quinoa – Apple cinnamon cake
That sounds wonderful. I love those kind of dinners where you chuck it all together. We eat a lot of rice here too, so I’m always looking for new ways to cook and serve it. I’ll have to look out for Nasi Goreng paste. x
Simple, yet quite delicious. This recipe is among my most preferred “fast meal” recipes.
This looks utterly delicious. Can you come and make it for me. I don’t really have much inclination to cook at the moment! 😀 I will be bookmarking the recipe though! (:
Egg fried rice is one of our favourite meals as you can just add whatever you have in to the pan x x
I do like the look of that served with a runny egg. I’ve had it with hard boiled eggs before, but I love the idea of the runny egg mixing with the rice.
I know it’s still a long way off, but Nasi Goreng is great for Christmas – when you’re sick of the sight of turkey leftovers , you can throw in a bit of ginger and lime and as much chilli as you can handle and it’s about as far removed from the traditional Christmas roast as you can get – and you’re still eating turkey!
This sounds great but I never do anything with leftover cooked rice. I’m always too scared when it comes to rice, I’ll have to be braver!
Funnily enough we had rice with egg on top tonight! This looks delicious, can’t wait to try it x
I think my boys would love this so I will have to give it a go. They go crazy for egg so ours will definitely be topped with one
I love that idea of topping with a poached egg and will be trying that. Be a good one for adding any veggies to my leftover rice – ah I am so hungry now!
What a fantastic sounding treat! I haven’t tried anything like it but really fancy it now. x
I never thought about giving the kids rice like this – will have to try it (minus the peas)
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Wow, this sounds absolutely scrumptious. I love being able to use leftovers.
Ohhh this sounds lovely – we’ll miss the egg but using leftover rice sounds ideal.
My mouth is drooling and my stomach grumbling! That looks so tasty and I’ve just realised my girls have never had rice with a poached egg on top which they would love!
This is just my sort of dish but then anything with an egg on top is a winner!
ooh I think I’ve had this before! it’s lovely, defo something I need to try and make! x
OOoh now I like the sound of having the egg on the top x
This is one of our all time favourites too and my other half always cooks it so well!
I do like the look of that served with a runny egg rather than a hard boiled egg!
Another yummy recipe! You are doing nothing for my diet lol!! I’ve never tried Nasi Goreng, is it spicy?
I’ve never heard of Nasi Goreng paste? Is it spicy? My 7 year old is adamant she’s allergic to rice! But this looks lovely.
Ooh yum yum Jen, I love Nasi Goreng!!! So nice to have a recipe as when we’ve had it before it’s been as a takeaway. Can almost taste it! Thank you so much for sharing x
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