Nasi Goreng

Ever wonder what to do with left overs ? I have a serious issue with wasting food. Therefore, if there is anything left over, I try to make the dish look different or try and cook a something using the left overs.

A great way to get rid of a lot of little bits and pieces I find is making Fried Rice, or Nasi Goreng as they call it in Indonesia.  Thats where I first learned how to make it. We had a gorgeous old cook that made the best ever Nasi Goreng.  I always think of her when I make this dish, although it resembles nothing like what she made.

I had a bit of the BBQ Lamb that was cooked yesterday.  It was marinaded with Lemon, oil and Rosemary blended together. I also had a few beans that were left over and also some cooked rice that looked a little bit sad from about 2 days ago. This is what went into my Nasi Goreng tonight.

Ingedients

Rice
Onions
Garlic
Sliced up left over lamb
2 slices of bacon chopped
1 onion chopped
a few slices of Red Peppers
Couple of spring onions from my vegetable garden
Approximately 1 cup of shredded cabbage
1 grated carrot
Ketchup Manis
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

Fry bacon until it is starting to brown, add onions and garlic until they soften.  Add the rest of the vegetables and stir until the cabbage starts to get soft.  Add as much rice as you need, and stir through the ingredients. Add approximately 1-2 tablespoons of Ketchup Manis.  Basically, I put the Ketchup just to add colour. It is sweet so if you are watching calories or sugar content you will need to check this. Add salt to taste.

This is what ours looked like tonight.

Nasi Goreng

We had this with a Beef Curry and Stir fry cabbage with dried prawns.

Chicken Giblets

I had promised my son to cook him Chicken Giblets long before we moved to Tasmania.  We visited Brisbane last week and he called his promise.  So, I thought I would share the recipe with you.

Sri Lankans do eat offal, personally, I have only eaten, liver, brains and giblets.  I am fond of chicken and calf liver and also giblets but am happy to leave brains for someone else !

Here is the recipe

Chicken Giblets

1kg chicken giblets, washed & cleaned
1/4 tsp tumeric
1/4 salt
 1 punnet of grape or cherry tomatoes cut in half- I use these because I like the taste, but any tomato will do
1 Red salad onion sliced - I cut them into circles
1-2 lemons - juice
Oil - similar to peanut

Once the giblets have been washed, add the tumeric and salt, cover and put in fridge at least for 1 hour.

Heat the oil and deep fry the giblets until they are practically crisp. I use peanut oil because it can get to a high temperature.  Fry small batches of giblets and drain on paper towel.

Once giblets are all fried, add all the other ingredients and mix well.

PS: last week I used vegetable oil because someone was allergic to peanuts. It takes a little longer to get to a high temperature but it worked.

I was able to get a picture of it just before the last of it vanished ! Here it is