Quick & Easy Mee Goreng
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
30 mins
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Servings
4
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Calories
827 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Indonesian
Quick & Easy Mee Goreng
Description
This Mee Goreng recipe features thick egg noodles blanched just until loosened, then quickly stir-fried with crispy pork belly slices, shrimp, and fish cake pieces. Garlic adds aroma, while scrambled eggs mixed in provide body and richness. Fresh Chinese chives and bean sprouts introduce bright, crisp textures.
The sauce used is a blend of sweet soy sauce (kecap manis), ketchup, oyster sauce, and sesame oil, giving the dish a sweet, umami, and slightly tangy flavor profile. Tossing the ingredients together coats the noodles evenly and infuses the dish with layered taste.
Often served freshly made, Mee Goreng is a popular street-style noodle dish that works well for quick dinners or casual meals. It combines a variety of textures from tender noodles, chewy seafood, crispy pork belly, and crunchy vegetables.
Ingredients
- 14 oz egg noodles thick kind
- ¾ cup pork belly sliced into 1-cm wide pieces
- 1 cup fish cakes sliced into ¼-inch thick pieces
- 1 cup Shrimp peeled and deveined, jumbo
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 large egg beaten
- 2 cups Chinese chives chopped into 1-inch segments
- 2-3 cups bean sprout washed and strained
Noodle Sauce
- 3 tablespoon kecap manis or sweet soy sauce (or substitute with dark soy sauce and add 2 teaspoon of sugar)
- 2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 5 tablespoon ketchup
- 2 tablespoon oyster sauce or vegetarian stir fry sauce
Instructions
- In a large pot or deep pan filled with boiling hot water, bring to boil and blanch your noodles just until loosened about 20-30 seconds and strain immediately.
- In a small bowl, combine noodle sauce ingredients and set aside.
- In a large pan on medium heat, fry pork belly until golden crispy brown, about 5 minutes.
- Next add garlic and sauté for 10 seconds or until fragrant.
- Toss in shrimp, fish cakes and cook until the shrimps become mostly pink.
- Sweep your ingredients to the side of the pan. Pour in beaten eggs to scramble them and toss with the other ingredients.
- Throw in garlic chives and bean sprouts and cook until the veggies have wilted a bit.
- Toss in noodles with noodle sauce until it's incorporated with the other ingredients. Remove pan off heat and transfer noodles to a large serving plate and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 827 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 827kcal | 41% |
| Carbohydrates | 88g | 29% |
| Protein | 41g | 82% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 308mg | 103% |
| Sodium | 838mg | 35% |
| Potassium | 647mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 14g | 28% |
| Vitamin A | 196IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 9mg | 10% |
| Calcium | 113mg | 11% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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