Indonesian
Tempe Goreng (Fried Tempeh)
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Tempe Goreng (Fried Tempeh) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre 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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Slice the tempeh into thin pieces.
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Blend or mash the garlic with the coriander seeds, salt, and water into a thin seasoning liquid.
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Steep the tempeh slices in the seasoning liquid for 10 minutes.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.
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Lift the tempeh from the liquid and fry in batches until golden and crisp at the edges, about 3 minutes per side.
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Drain briefly and serve warm 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 Tempe Goreng (Fried Tempeh), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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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. Tempe Goreng (Fried Tempeh) 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 | Ayam Goreng (Indonesian Fried Chicken) |
| 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
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 19 g
- Carbs
- 9 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 150 mg
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Tempe Goreng (Fried Tempeh) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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