Nasi Bakmoy

I saw a posting about the place I used to visit during my college year to buy favorite foods (e.g. nasi bakmoy, rujak, petis kangkung, nasi lengko) in Bandung, a city in West Java, Indonesia. Suddenly I got an idea to use the shrimp paste (petis) I brought from home to make "Nasi Bakmoy". I would like to see how my son like it.

Here is the detail.

Ingredients:

Main

Chicken fillet, cut into small cubes *I used around 250 gr chicken fillet

Tofu *I used around 1 - 1 1/2 block of tofu, but not the soft type

1/4-1/2 tsp white pepper

1/2-1 tbsp salt

1 tbsp oyster sauce

3-4 tbsp sweet soya sauce (Indonesian kecap manis) or to taste

1 tbsp soya sauce *if you like, if not, just use the salt mentioned above

garlic, chopped

2 ltr water/chicken stock *I used 2 ltr water and ready to use jelly form chicken stock

1-2 sticks celery, cut into small pieces

Boiled chicken eggs

Fried shrimp (ball)

150 gr peeled and cleaned shrimp *I used around 7-8 medium large shrimp

3 tbsp tapioca or corn starch flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp white pepper

1 egg

Shrimp paste chilli

Mixed of good shrimp paste (i.e. Indonesian petis), sweet soya sauce, and fresh or dried chilli to taste. If you do not like something hod, leave out the chilli *mixed it to a good paste like, not to thick not to watery

How to make:

1. Cut the tofu to make small cubes and fry the tofu, put aside

2. Stir-fry the garlic, chicken, oyster sauce, sweet soya sauce, salt (and soya sauce), white pepper for a few minutes until the chicken is a little bit brown (half cooked)

3. Add the water and/or chicken stock and the celery

4. Add the fried tofu

5. Boil it and put aside

6. Chopped the shrimp or use blender

7. Add the other ingredients of the fried shrimp (ball) until well mixed

8. Heat the oil to fry

9. Put 1 tsp of the fried shrimp (ball) dough into the hot oil, and fry it until golden brown. Don't forget to turn the shrimp half way

10. Put aside the fried shrimp (ball)

11. Place steamed rice and 1/4-1/2 tbsp of the mixed shrimp paste chili onto the plate

12. Add the soup and ingredients

13. Add some fried shrimp (ball) *I never made a ball but something more flat and cut it smaller with scissors to accomodate my son mouth size

14. Add 1/4 or half boiled egg

15. Mix everything before eating

Enjoy the Nasi Bakmoy.

It turned out that my son, Patrick, found it delicious.