Gado Gado

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4.5

4 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    20 mins

  • Total Time

    35 mins

  • Servings

    4 people

  • Course

    Salad

  • Cuisine

    Asian, Indonesian

Gado Gado

As an authentic and traditional Indonesian vegetarian recipe, gado gado salad is famous for its spicy peanut sauce and fried tofu.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • ½ lb green beans (or yardlong beans), cut into 2-inch/5cm pieces and blanched
  • ½ lb bean sprout blanched
  • ½ lb cabbage sliced and blanched, white
  • 4 egg quartered, hard-boiled
  • 4 small cucumber sliced
  • 12 oz. tofu firm
  • 12 oz. tempeh
  • 2 potato boiled and cubed (optional
  • lontong optional, or rice cake
  • krupuk optional, or emping

For the sauce

  • 2 cups peanuts , unsalted
  • 5 cloves garlic , peeled
  • 2 red chili peppers seeded and chopped
  • 2 oz. palm sugar
  • 1 tablespoon tamarind extract
  • lime juice of 1
  • salt

Instructions

  1. First, prepare the sauce by frying the peanuts in a hot pan with a tablespoon of vegetable oil (skip this step if they are roasted). Stir frequently for a few minutes until they get lightly brown.
  2. Mix the peanuts, garlic and chili with a mortar and pestle or in a blender to obtain a homogeneous paste.
  3. In a saucepan, combine the processed mixture with the tamarind extract, lime juice and water (about ¼ cup/60 ml). Continue simmering to reach the desired consistency for about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
  4. Cut tofu in 1-inch (2,5 cm)cubes. Fry the tofu in a pan with hot vegetable oil to lightly brown them on all the sides.
  5. Slice the tempeh and fry it for a few minutes.
  6. Arrange all the ingredients on a plate and serve with the peanut sauce.
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