5 from 141 votes
Chicken Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng Ayam)
Chicken Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng Ayam) uses shredded cooked chicken and a homemade spice paste to flavor leftover cooked rice. The dish is sautéed with sweet soy sauce and spices, resulting in a savory, slightly sweet fried rice with aromatic undertones from shrimp paste and chiles. Optional eggs and garnishes like fried onions and spring onions complement the dish.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings:
2
portions
Calories:
4724 kcal
Course:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine:
Indonesian
Ingredients
- 2 cups rice cooked
- 2 chicken shredded, cooked
- 4 tablespoons neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
- ½ teaspoon black pepper ground
- 3 tablespoons Sweet soy sauce
Spice paste
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 chilies fresh
- ½ teaspoon dried shrimp paste terasi
- 1 teaspoon salt
Optional
- 4 egg
- 1 spring onion sliced.
- fried onions handful
- prawn crackers kerupuk
Instructions
- Using a pestle and mortar or a food processor, grind the spice paste ingredients into a paste. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a wok on high heat and fry the spice paste until it releases a delicious aroma.
- Add the shredded chicken and ground pepper to the spice paste. Stir fry at medium-high heat until the chicken is covered with the spice, and it is cooked through.
- Add the rice to the chicken and break any lumps and clumps in the rice. Toss and stir.
- Drizzle the sweet soy sauce over the rice. Toss the rice until the spice and soy sauce are evenly distributed, and cover the rice.
- Check the taste. Add the salt to your liking, if needed. Keep cooking until the rice is cooked through and piping hot. Set aside.
- Fry the eggs individually or cook them into omelets. If you do the latter, you can slice the omelets.
- Put the fried eggs or omelet slices on the fried rice when serving. Sprinkle the fried onion and spring onion slices on the top. Enjoy your nasi goreng ayam with kerupuk on the side.
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Notes
- Adjust the number of fresh chilies to control the spice level to taste.
- Use neutral oils such as sunflower, canola, corn, or groundnut oil for frying.
- If shrimp paste is too strong, omit or substitute with fish sauce for milder umami.
- To replicate Indonesian sweet soy sauce, mix dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, tomato ketchup, and soft brown sugar as a substitute.
Nutrition Information
Serving
150grams
Calories
4724kcal
(236%)
Carbohydrates
171g
(57%)
Protein
518g
(1036%)
Fat
202g
(311%)
Saturated Fat
45g
(225%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
49g
(288%)
Monounsaturated Fat
90g
(450%)
Trans Fat
0.3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
2123mg
(708%)
Sodium
5103mg
(213%)
Potassium
5573mg
(119%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
55g
(110%)
Vitamin A
3579IU
(72%)
Vitamin C
272mg
(302%)
Calcium
452mg
(45%)
Iron
30mg
(167%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2 portions
Amount Per Serving
Calories 4724
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 150grams | |
| Calories | 4724kcal | 236% |
| Carbohydrates | 171g | 57% |
| Protein | 518g | 1036% |
| Fat | 202g | 311% |
| Saturated Fat | 45g | 225% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 49g | 288% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 90g | 450% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 2123mg | 708% |
| Sodium | 5103mg | 213% |
| Potassium | 5573mg | 119% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 55g | 110% |
| Vitamin A | 3579IU | 72% |
| Vitamin C | 272mg | 302% |
| Calcium | 452mg | 45% |
| Iron | 30mg | 167% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.