Indonesian
Empal Gepuk (Sweet Fried Beef, Sundanese)
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Empal Gepuk (Sweet Fried Beef, Sundanese) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Combine the beef chuck, coconut water, garlic, coriander seeds, salam leaves, and salt in a pot and bring to a simmer.
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Cover and cook gently until the beef is fork-tender and the liquid has mostly reduced, about 50 minutes.
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Lift out the beef and let it cool slightly, then pound each piece flat with a mallet or rolling pin.
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Toss the flattened beef with the palm sugar.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and fry the beef in batches until deep golden and crisp at the edges, about 4 minutes per side.
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Drain briefly and serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Empal Gepuk (Sweet Fried Beef, Sundanese), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Empal Gepuk (Sweet Fried Beef, Sundanese) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 570 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 4 g
- Fat
- 46 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 460 mg
- Saturated fat
- 18 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Empal Gepuk (Sweet Fried Beef, Sundanese) takes about 75 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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