Nasi Bakmoy

Nasi means rice and bakmoy is actually comes from the Chinese language which in short term means pork. This dish, without a doubt, is an intercultural dish between the Chinese and the Javanese. Although originally this dish was using pork as one of the main ingredients, in Indonesia, many people substitute pork with chicken as most of Indonesian are Moslems and they can’t eat pork

For the chicken mixture:

250 gr chicken fillet, minced 

1 pack firm tofu, (me replace with mushroom) 

3 tbsp olive cooking oil 

4 garlic, minced 

2 tbsp sweet soy sauce 

1 tbsp oyster sauce 

2 tbsp light soy sauce 

salt and pepper to taste 

300 ml of water

For shrimp fritters or prawn cakes (“bakwan udang”):

100gr peeled shrimps

1/4 tsp salt, or to taste

 1/8 tsp pepper  

2 tbsp all purpose flour  

1 egg  

1 tbsp tapioca flour

For the soup:

1 L chicken broth

2 green onion, minced

4 cloves garlic

salt and pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS for soup:

1. Bring to boil the chicken broth and season with salt and pepper. Boil the chicken meat until it cooked through
2. Turn off the heat then add minced scallion

INSTRUCTIONS for fritters:

1. Add shrimps, garlic, salt, pepper, egg and tapioca flour to a food processor and process until they form a paste
2. Transfer to a bowl and add minced green onions and mix with a spatula until all the ingredients are well combined
3. Heat a wok with cooking oil
4. Take the batter with a spoon and drop to the hot oil
5. Deep fry until both sides are golden brown

INSTRUCTIONS for chicken:

1. Heat a wok with 3 tbsp of oil and add garlic, then stri fry until fragrant
2. Add mushroom and cook for 3 minutes while stirring occasionally
3. Add cooked chicken and all seasoning (soy sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, soy sauce, pepper) and water and mix well with other ingredient
4. Cook until the sauce/water is reduced to 1/3 only. Turn off the heat.
5. Place white steam rice on a plate or bowl
6. Add chicken mixture on top of the rice
7. Place the cutted shrimp fritters next to the egg
8. Pour the soup and ready to served!

Original recipe: http://www.justtryandtaste.com/2013/06/nasi-bakmoy.html