Add a touch of spice to dinnertime with these flavour-packed Indonesian recipes! With influences from the country’s 6,000 islands, their authentic dishes offer a huge and varying range of flavours and here, we’ve gathered 16 of our best dishes. There’s everything from Indonesia’s national dish of nasi goreng topped with a fried egg to a mixed gado gado platter. For something with a bit more kick, try our recipe for stuffed chillies or our spicy Indonesian chicken soup.
Chicken satay skewers with crunchy salad
Low in carb but high in flavour.
Nasi goreng with chicken and prawns
The easy way to a tasty dinner in half an hour.
Vegetable gado gado with peanut sauce
This well-known Indonesian salad features boiled egg, fresh and cooked vegetables and a rich peanut sauce.
Brown rice nasi goreng with soft-boiled egg
Nasi goreng has been given a healthy makeover with brown rice, Asian greens, and fresh chilli.
Nasi goreng
Add a spark to your meal time, by bringing an aromatic, pork version of this staple Indonesian spicy rice dish to life.
Vegan rendang curry with jackfruit and spelt flatbread
This curry recipe makes use of mild, tender jackfruit for a vegan dinner infused with delicious Indonesian rendang spices.
Indonesian chicken soup
When preparing cabbage, make sure you remove all the hard core and thick veins. Sambal oelek is a Malaysian/Indonesian chilli sauce and kecap manis is an Indonesian sweet soy sauce. You’ll find both in the Asian section of the supermarket or at Asian food stores. Note
Vegetarian mee goreng
Use two packs of Asian Home Gourmet Indonesian Mee Goreng instead of tomato and chilli sauces. Look in the refrigerator section of your local supermarket for pre-fried or marinated varieties of firm tofu. Note
Beef rendang
Recipe can made a day ahead; store, covered, in the refrigerator this allows the flavours to develop overnight. Note
Lamb rendang
We’ve given a spin to this classic rending, cooking the lamb slowly until the coconut milk sauce thickens and is quite dry, the succulent meat becomes so tender it virtually falls apart.
Chicken mee goreng
Mee (or mie), “noodles”, and goreng, “fried”, are the words used in Indonesia and Malaysia to describe a traditional fried noodle recipe usually containing chicken and nuts, as well as assorted other ingredients chosen by the individual cook. Note
Mee goreng
A bowl of this veggie-loaded pork and noodle stir-fry makes the perfect weeknight dinner.
Indonesian chicken curry
This coconut chicken curry is the ideal choice for people who don’t like fiery curries. Note
Quick chicken satay
Satay originated in Indonesia, and today features prominently in Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and African cuisines. This satay recipe is quick and deceptively simple, requiring few ingredients and minimal preparation and cooking time.
Indonesian-style fried rice
Nasi goreng seasoning mix is available from Asian grocery stores and the Asian section of large supermarkets. Note
Peanut sambal
If shrimp paste is unavailable, substitute 1 tablespoon fish sauce. Shrimp paste is available from Asian grocery stores or the Asian section of most supermarkets. Tamarind concentrate is made from dried tamarind pulp and is a popular souring agent that adds an appetising tang and fruity background flavour to curries and sauces Note
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