Indonesian
Sambal Goreng Kentang (Potato and Tempeh in Chili)
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Sambal Goreng Kentang (Potato and Tempeh in Chili) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable and the protein alongside. 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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Cut the potatoes into thin matchsticks, rinse well, and pat very dry.
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Heat the oil in a wok and deep-fry the potato matchsticks in batches until golden and crisp, about 5 minutes, then drain.
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Cut the tempeh into small cubes and fry in the same oil until golden, about 4 minutes, then drain.
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Blend the red chilies and shallots into a coarse paste.
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Pour off all but 2 tbsp of the oil and fry the paste with the galangal and salam leaves over medium heat until fragrant and darkened, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the palm sugar and salt.
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Toss the fried potatoes and tempeh through the sambal until every piece is coated.
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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 Sambal Goreng Kentang (Potato and Tempeh in Chili), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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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. Sambal Goreng Kentang (Potato and Tempeh in Chili) carries soy. 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 | Yes | Bobor Bayam (Spinach in Mild Coconut Broth) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
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
- 400 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 39 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 150 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sambal Goreng Kentang (Potato and Tempeh in Chili) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. 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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