Bami Goreng ( Indonesian Stir Fried Noodles )

- Carla -'s Note:

There are as many recipes for Bami Goreng as there are people to make them. Bami Goreng is an Indonesian dish that's traditional to Holland. It seems like a lot of work but it really isn't - if I'm having company for dinner I slice, dice and prepare all my ingredients (including cooking the noodles) and place them in separate zip-lock bags in the refrigerator until I'm ready to use. This makes actual cooking time a snap! This is my version and I hope you enjoy it. You can spice it up if you like by adding more or less sambal.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 350 g bami noodles (or other style Asian Noodle)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 500 g chicken breasts, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 cup vegetable broth
• 1 onion, sliced into thin wedges
• 1 carrot, sliced thin
• 1 red pepper, sliced thin
• 1 leek, thinly sliced
• 175 g ham, cubed
• 150 g shrimp, uncooked
• 1 tablespoon sambal oelek (Indonesian Red Chili Paste)
• 4 -6 tablespoons ketjap manis (Indonesian Sweet Soya Sauce)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Cook noodles according to package directions; drain and set aside.
2. Heat a large wok or frying pan and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
3. Swirl in the beaten egg to make a thin omelet.
4. Remove from pan allow to cool; cut into thin strips and set aside.
5. In a large wok style pan heat oil.
6. Saute the chicken with garlic, coriander, ginger and broth until chicken is no longer pink (5 to 7 minutes).
7. Add sliced onion, carrot, red pepper, leek and ketjap manis; sauté 4 to 5 minutes.
8. Add cubed ham, uncooked shrimp, and sambal oelek; cook 3 to 4 minutes, or until shrimp turn pink.
9. Add sliced omelet and noodles; mix well and heat throughly before serving.
10. Serve with lychees and kroepoek, enjoy!

Reviews

[Stay in the Bay NZ]

The flavours in this dish are surpurb, will definately make again, added chinese cabbage, 21/2 Tbspns fish sauce and 1/4 cup ketchup topped with chopped peanuts at the end and squeezed lime juice over the top, what a burst of flavour the lime gives it. Thanks so much for posting

[Chef #725332]

This is great! The rating is based on the following changes: I used egg noodles, no chicken breasts (served this with Kai Pad Bai Kaprow - Ground Chicken Stir Fried with Basil - Kai Pad Bai Kaprow), used reg. basil, 1/2 leek instead of scallions, no chili peppers, ground turkey, and I added about 4T ketjap manis (recipe from dvo.com - just google ketjap manis).

[Simba7]

This was pretty good, I've had better.