Name: Gado-gado
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 2 potatoes, boiled and sliced; 1 cup green beans, blanched; 1 cup bean sprouts, blanched; 2 cups cabbage, blanched; 1 cucumber, sliced; 2 eggs, hard-boiled; 8 oz fried tofu or tempeh; 1 cup roasted peanuts; 2 garlic cloves; 2 red chilies; 2 tbsp kecap manis; 1 tbsp tamarind or lime juice; Shrimp crackers

Where it comes from

Gado-gado, meaning mix-mix, is a street-food and home favorite across Indonesia, especially in Jakarta. It is eaten as a complete meal and topped with crispy crackers.

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Recipe

Make Gado-gado at home

Serves 4Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

2 potatoes, boiled and sliced
1 cup green beans, blanched
1 cup bean sprouts, blanched
2 cups cabbage, blanched
1 cucumber, sliced
2 eggs, hard-boiled
8 oz fried tofu or tempeh
1 cup roasted peanuts
2 garlic cloves
2 red chilies
2 tbsp kecap manis
1 tbsp tamarind or lime juice
Shrimp crackers

How it's made

Prepare vegetables: boil potatoes and blanch beans, sprouts, and cabbage until crisp-tender; chill under cold water.
Pound or blend peanuts, garlic, chilies, kecap manis, tamarind, and about 3/4 cup warm water into a thick sauce; season with salt.
Arrange vegetables, cucumber, tofu or tempeh, and eggs on a platter.
Spoon the peanut sauce over the top.
Sprinkle with fried shallots and serve with crackers.