Veggie Chick'n Nasi Goreng with Egg Fried Rice & Cabbage

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1/3 daily fibre 5 plants Low sat fat

Veggie Chick'n Nasi Goreng with Egg Fried Rice & Cabbage

Prep time: 20 mins
Total time: 35 mins
Cuisine: Indonesian
Food group: Vegetarian

Our vegetarian take on Indonesia’s favourite street food – nasi goreng. You’ll stir-fry brown rice with garlic, ginger and honey-glazed plant-based chick'n pieces. Add cabbage and carrots for veggies. Top with lashings of lime and crunchy spring onions to complete the dish.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
  • Pull out a large frying pan, a small bowl, a grater, a peeler & a sieve

Cook the rice

  • Add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked then drain

Prep time

  • Finely grate the garlic and ginger. Trim and finely slice the cabbage and spring onion
  • Coarsely grate the carrots (peel optional). Deseed and finely dice the chilli. Zest and quarter the lime
  • In the small bowl, mix together the honey, tamari, tamarind and 1 tbsp oil

Get sizzlin'

  • Heat the large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chick'n pieces and cook for 2-3 mins per side, until golden. Remove from the pan and set aside
  • Reheat the frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the cabbage and carrot and cook for another 6 mins, until softened. Stir in the ginger & garlic paste and cook for another 1 min

Add the rice

  • When the rice is ready, add to the veg pan with the tamari dressing, lime zest, chilli paste and three-quarters of the spring onion. Return the chick'n to the pan, toss to combine and cook for 2-3 mins
  • Push the rice to one side of the pan. Crack the eggs into the other side and break them up with a spoon
  • Leave to cook for 1-2 mins, until firm, then mix into the rice. Season with salt and pepper. Add the juice from 2 lime wedges

Plate up

  • Serve the chick'n nasi goreng into bowls. Garnish with the remaining spring onion and lime wedges

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