Tuna Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng Tuna)
Nasi goreng tuna which literally means tuna fried rice is an easy and quick way to make a full nutritious meal out of simple ingredients. You get the carb from the rice and protein from the tuna, all in one plate.
Servings: 6
Equipment
- Wok. or
- Frying pan
- Food chopper or
- Food processor
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup rice preferably Basmati rice. Or you can use long-grained rice.
- 1 canned tuna 7 ounces
- 1 medium-size onion.
- 3 cloves garlic.
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper.
- 1 teaspoon dry chilli flakes or 1 Bird’s eye chilli pound into a paste.
- 1 teaspoon paprika powder optional (see the notes).
- 1 teaspoon salt or according to taste.
- 3 tablespoons Indonesian sweet soy sauce.
- Fried onions optional.
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil.
- 1 cup canned sweetcorn drained.
Instructions
- Cook your rice as you usually do. You can refer to this blog on how to cook basmati rice. When it’s done, set it aside.
- You can also use leftover plain rice. I often do that. In fact, the idea of making nasi goreng is to make the most of your leftover rice.
- If you have a food processor or food chopper, you can blitz the onion, garlic, fresh chili (if using), and all the spices until you get a nice smooth paste. Or, you can use a pestle and mortar to pound them. And if you don’t have either of them, you can try to chop your onion, garlic, and fresh chili (if using) as fine as possible and then mix with the rest of the spice.
- Heat the oil in a large wok at medium-high heat. Then put the spice paste/ mix in, and keep stirring every now and again. Keep frying until the spice is fragrant.
- Drain the tuna and sweetcorn from their cans, and add in the spice. Stir well and leave it to cook for about 2 minutes.
- Then put you cooked rice in the wok. Drizzle all the sweet soy sauce over it, and mix everything well.
- Stir and mix it all well until you can see that all rice grain is covered with spice and sauce.
- Serve your tuna fried rice on a plate with a sprinkle of fried onion on the top.
- You can enjoy your nasi goreng tuna with some salad, sambal (traditional chilli sauce), and prawn crackers (kerupuk).
Notes
- You don’t really have to use paprika powder if you don’t have it at home. I personally like it because I find its aroma is nice to get rid of the fishy smell of tuna. It also enhances the flavor.
- When it comes to chili, it depends on personal taste. Although I put one fresh chili in this recipe, don’t hesitate to add more or reduce it according to your personal preference. Note that chili powder also has different strengths from one to another. So I would suggest you put it according to what you know about your chili powder. As a reference, the fried rice that you find in Indonesia doesn’t taste spicy. Because they always serve their nasi goreng with “sambal”, the chili sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 384kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 1290mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g
Disclaimer
Nutritional info in this recipe is only estimate using online calculator. You should refer to it as a guide only. Please verify with your own data if you seek an accurate info.