Prawn Nasi Goreng

Prawn Nasi Goreng

Prawn Nasi Goreng

Recipe By Michael Weldon

Ingredients

nasi paste

  • 1 shallot, chopped

  • 1 thumb size piece of ginger

  • 2 garlic cloves

  • 2 birdeye chillies

  • 1 lemon grass stalk, sliced

  • 1 tsp shrimp paste

  • 1 tbs cashew nuts

  • 1/4 tsp nut meg

  • 1/2tsp pepper

  • 1tbs brown sugar

  • 500g chilled cooked rice

  • 12 large prawns tails

  • 2 shallots sliced

  • 2 garlic cloves, sliced

  • 100g green beans cut into batons

  • 1 carrot, julienne

  • 4 spring onions, cut into batons

  • 50g bean shoots

  • 2tbs ketchap manis

garnish

  • 4 fried eggs

  • shredded cucumber

  • coriander

  • toasted peanuts

  • prawn crackers

  • limes

Method

  • Combine all the paste ingredients in a mortar & pestle or blender. Process until the mixture is worked into a paste.

  • Heat a wok until it begins to smoke add a drizzle of oil and the rice, fry off the rice until the grains a separate. Add the onion, garlic, green beans and nasi paste. Fry for a couple of minutes. Add the prawns, carrot and spring onion, cook until the prawns change colour. Add the bean shoots and ketchup manis, stir through.

  • Serve the rice with 3 prawns per dish. Top each with a fried egg and garnish with the cucumber, coriander, peanuts, prawn crackers and lime.