Indonesian stir-fry with mie goreng noodles and shrimp
Traditional Indonesian street food is world-renowned, and its dishes are now beloved far beyond the country's borders. The intensely flavorful stir-fries evoke memories of holidays and summers—but with our recipe, you no longer need to travel all the way to Indonesia.
Roasting garlic and chili brings out the full flavor of the shrimp, creating a perfect harmonize with the spicy stir-fried noodles. The dish is finished with an aromatic marinade of soy sauce and sesame oil.
20 min
Total Time
10 min
Cooking Time
10 min
Preperation Time
Ingredients
| 200 g | prawns |
| 200 g | Mie Goreng noodles |
| 100 g | bean sprouts |
| 1 | carrot |
| 1 | lime |
| 1 | chilli pepper |
| 1 | spring onion |
| 1 | bunch coriander |
| 1 | clove garlic |
| 20 ml | toasted sesame oil |
| 3 tbsp. | soy sauce |
| 5 g | black sesame seeds |
| 1 | dried chilli |
| 5 tbsp. | vegetable oil |
| salt | |
| sugar |
Instructions
Step 1 of 9:
Bring water for the noodles to a boil. Carrot peel, halve lengthwise and crosswise, and cut into fine batons. Bell pepper halve, remove the stem and seeds, and cut into fine strips. Lime wash in hot water, grate the zest, and halve. Juice one half and cut the remaining half into two wedges.
Step 2 of 9:
Trim the root and top green from the spring onion, cut the white part of the spring onion into fine rings, and slice the green part of the spring onion diagonally into thin strips. Noodles add to the boiling water with salt, remove the pot from the heat, and leave to soak covered for 4 minutes.
Step 3 of 9:
Meanwhile, pluck the coriander leaves from the stems. In a bowl, mix soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice, lime zest, salt, sugar, and 3 or 6 tbsp. water into a marinade. Shrimp rinse and pat dry.
Step 4 of 9:
At the end of the cooking time, drain the noodles, rinse thoroughly with cold water, and toss with a little oil. Chilli crumble finely. Garlic peel and finely chop.
Step 5 of 9:
Heat oil in a large Frying Pan and fry noodles, carrot, bell pepper and half of the chilli over high heat for 5 minutes until crispy. Season with salt.
Step 6 of 9:
Meanwhile, heat oil in another Frying Pan and fry the shrimp over high heat for 2 minutes on all sides. Season with the remaining dried chilli and salt. Then add half of the garlic and fry for another 1/2 minute.
Step 7 of 9:
Add the white part of the spring onion and the remaining garlic to the noodles and fry for 1 more minute.
Step 8 of 9:
Take the Frying Pan with the noodles off the heat and add the soy marinade, bean sprouts, sesame seeds and shrimp, then mix well.
Step 9 of 9:
Serve the fried shrimp in a deep plate and garnish with the green part of the spring onion, coriander and lime wedges.
