Description
Mie Goreng Ayam is a fried Indonesian dish with chicken, shrimp, greens, and a delicious sticky sauce made from Kecap Manis, a sweet soy sauce.
Ingredients
- 400 g al dente Egg Noodles (I use fresh)
- 1/3 cup Chicken fat oil or vegetable oil
- 2 Eggs
- 125 gram raw Shrimp, deveined and peeled
- 125 gram dark meat Chicken slice into 1/4 inch thickness
- 125 grams Yu Choi, cut into 2 inches long, separate the stalk and leaves (easy to replace with bok choy or another green)
- 125 gram Cabbage, cut into strips
- 3 tsp Water (or 4tsp)
- 6 Shallots, diced finely
- 4 Garlic cloves, diced finely
- 3 tbsp ABC Kecap Manis sweet soy sauce
- 2 tbsp thin Soy sauce
- 1 tsp Chicken bouillon powder (optional)
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp White pepper
Instructions
- Heat up a wok for a few minutes on high heat until it is really hot, you can do a water splash test. If the water evaporates quickly, it’s ready to go.
- Add about 1 tbsp of oil, and add the chicken, cook it through for a minute or two until the chicken fat is rendered and they are done thoroughly, take it out of the wok.
- Add another 1 tbsp of oil and toss the shrimp into the oil, and cook halfway through for a minute, then set it aside.
- Add another 1 Tbsp of oil, crack the eggs into the wok, swirl it around, and scramble it When the egg is almost set, scrape the egg into one side of the wok
- Pour the remaining oil into the wok and add the aromatics (shallots, garlic) and cabbages. Cook for a few minutes until the cabbage is translucent.
- Lower the heat, add the yu choi stalks, and mix the protein back into the wok.
- Add kecap manis, thin soy sauce, salt, and white pepper. Stir a few times and then add about 3-4 tbsp of water
- Add the cooked noodles into the wok and yu choi leaves
- Try to coat the noodles evenly with the sauce, and cook it until the noodles absorb all the sauce.
- Serve it with Acar Timun and hot sauce sambal.
Notes
- Make sure you listen to M. Aimee's episode, A Peanut Never Forgets Its Shell while you make her Mie Goreng Ayam recipe.
- M. Aimee suggests serving this with pickled carrot and cucumber, Acar Timun. You can find the recipe here.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Chicken, Main Dish
- Cuisine: Indonesian, Southeast Asian
Nutrition
- Calories: 739
- Sugar: 16
- Sodium: 1.325
- Fat: 26
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Carbohydrates: 95
- Fiber: 6
- Protein: 30
- Cholesterol: 235