Dinner · 15 min · Amounts not specified
Nasi goreng
Cold leftover rice, hot pan. Sweet-salty, a fried egg on top. Sambal would be traditional; chili flakes and garlic get you there.
The sheet · 2 bowls · 15 min
easyWhy tonight. Cold leftover rice, hot pan. Sweet-salty, a fried egg on top. Sambal would be traditional; chili flakes and garlic get you there.
What it needs
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- rice
- eggs
- soy sauce
- garlic
- chili flakes
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: shrimp.
Method
- Cold leftover rice, hottest pan. Garlic and chili, then rice. Don't start with steaming grains.
- Soy so it is sweet-salty. A fried egg on top.
- It should smell toasted. Sambal if you have heat; chili flakes will do.
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 1 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishThe foundations — how pan heat and timing decide whether a scramble is custard or rubber.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- rice
- Starch that either steams or fries, and the two want opposite things.
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- soy sauce
- Salt with a savory backbone, so it seasons and deepens in one move.
- garlic
- Burns in seconds and turns the whole dish bitter, so it almost never goes in first.
- chili flakes
- Heat you can dose. Bloomed in oil they spread through everything; scattered at the table they stay sharp and sit on top. Same flakes, two different dishes.
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Next
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