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.