Mie Goreng (Indonesian Fried Noodles)
Tangy, spicy Indonesian stir-fried noodles with fresh herbs and a fried egg on top.
3 recipes using vegetables — Nasi goreng, rendang, satay — the flavours of 17,000 islands.
These 3 indonesian vegetables recipes are ready in about 39 minutes on average, with 420–490 kcal per serving, and 100% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
Indonesian cooking is rich and aromatic, building deep spice pastes that slow-cook into coconut-laced curries and sweet-savoury grilled dishes. When Indonesian cooks work with vegetables, they reach for shallots, garlic, candlenut, lemongrass, kecap manis and sambal, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are baking, stir-frying and frying.
The backbone of balanced cooking — bringing colour, texture, fibre and the bulk of a dish's micronutrients. In this collection it's most often cooked with flatbread dough, olive oil, fine sea salt, coconut milk and lemon juice. The dishes here span indonesian classics ready in as little as 25 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Lombok Lemon Herb Flatbread is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.8★ from 6,665 ratings.
Tangy, spicy Indonesian stir-fried noodles with fresh herbs and a fried egg on top.
Lombok Lemon Herb Flatbread turns indonesian pantry flavors into a complete flatbread with flatbread dough, coconut milk, kecap manis, chiles and peanuts, and a fresh lime leaves finish.
Indonesian Festival Lemon Herb Flatbread brings indonesian flavor to a practical flatbread built with flatbread dough, coconut milk, kecap manis, chiles and peanuts, and a fresh lime leaves finish.
Shop seasonally for the best flavour and price; look for firm, unblemished produce with vivid colour. Heavier-feeling vegetables are usually fresher and juicier.
Cut pieces to a uniform size so they cook evenly. High-heat roasting and quick stir-frying preserve more texture and nutrients than long boiling.
A low-calorie, high-fibre source of vitamins A and C, potassium and antioxidants — aim for a range of colours on the plate.
Most of these 3 Indonesian vegetables recipes are ready in around 39 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Mie Goreng (Indonesian Fried Noodles), takes about 25 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 47 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 420 to 490 kcal per serving, averaging 465 kcal — Mie Goreng (Indonesian Fried Noodles) is the lightest option at 420 kcal.
Mie Goreng (Indonesian Fried Noodles) is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 25 minutes. 100% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, vegetables is most often paired with flatbread dough, olive oil, fine sea salt, coconut milk and lemon juice. Indonesian kitchens also lean on shallots, garlic, candlenut, lemongrass, kecap manis and sambal.
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