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Indonesian Fried Rice

A stir‑fried rice dish with eggs, shrimp, steak, vegetables, and sauces.

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Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Indonesian Fried Rice

Ingredients

Directions

Make the egg topping

  1. Beat the eggs in a bowl until foamy.

  2. Add a little salt according to taste.

  3. Heat a wok or frying pan and coat it with a little cooking oil to prevent sticking.

  4. Make an omelet using a quarter of the mixed eggs. Cook both sides evenly.

  5. Repeat the process for another three times until all the egg mixture is used.

  6. Cut the cooked eggs into strips for topping the fried rice later.

Make the paste and fry

  1. Process the onion, chili, garlic, sugar, and coriander in a food processor until it becomes a thick paste.

  2. Heat a wok or frying pan and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.

  3. Saute the paste until fragrant.

  4. Add the steak and raw shrimps. Cook for a few minutes until the color changes.

  5. Add the cooked rice and more cooking oil if necessary.

  6. Add the sauces and scallions and continue frying for 30–60 seconds until fragrant.

Serve

  1. Scoop from the wok into a plate and top with the omelet strips.

  2. Serve while hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

865Calories
63 gProtein
35 gFat
72 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Rice + coriandertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,854 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Clove + coriandertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,221 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Rice + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set into thin omelets that give the dish a soft, savory topping.
Cooked rice
Forms the bulk of the dish and absorbs the seasoning and oil as it fries.
Shrimps
Add savory protein and sweetness that firm and turn opaque when cooked.
Garlic
Releases aromatic compounds when fried in oil, building the base flavor.
Red chilies
Provide heat and aroma once blended into the frying paste.
Soy sauce
Adds salty, savory depth and helps brown the rice as it fries.

The step that matters

Frying the paste until fragrant. Sauteing the paste slowly in oil cooks off raw, sharp notes and blooms the aromatics. Stopping too early leaves a harsh, raw taste in the dish.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, egg, shrimp, garlic, onion, coriander, sugar):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, egg, shrimp, garlic, onion, coriander, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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