**Gado-Gado: A Flavorful Indonesian Salad with Peanut Sauce**
Gado-gado is a traditional Indonesian salad that is a harmonious blend of flavors and textures. This delectable dish features a medley of blanched vegetables, such as long beans, spinach, cabbage, and bean sprouts, served with a rich and nutty peanut sauce. The peanut sauce, made from ground peanuts, is the heart of the dish, providing a creamy and flavorful dressing that complements the crunchy vegetables. Gado-gado is often garnished with hard-boiled eggs, crispy shallots, and krupuk, a type of Indonesian cracker, adding additional layers of texture and flavor. This article presents two variations of gado-gado: the classic version and a vegan alternative. Both recipes provide step-by-step instructions and helpful tips to create this beloved Indonesian salad in the comfort of your own kitchen. Discover the vibrant flavors and textures of gado-gado, a dish that is sure to tantalize your taste buds.
GADO GADO (INDONESIAN SALAD WITH PEANUT SAUCE)
Recipe video above. Fun to say, delicious to eat, the Gado Gado peanut sauce will make any vegetables into a big, healthy, tasty meal! Use any veg you want - the ones I've used are in the spirit of traditional Indonesian Gado Gado. Using Thai Red Curry Paste is an effective shortcut - it uses a lot of the ingredients used in Gado Gado sauce. Saves time, effort and money!All the veg can be warm or at room temp, so cook them first. Tempeh/tofu is best hot and crispy fresh out of the skillet.
Provided by Nagi
Categories Main Course Side Salad
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Mix all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium low heat. Bring to simmer then cook for 5 minutes, stirring regularly so the bottom doesn't catch, until it thickens. If too thick, just add more water - should be able to drizzle it (see video for thickness).
- Taste and adjust as follows: lime for more sour, salt, sugar for sweet.
- Cover and keep warm.
- Bring a saucepan of water to the boil.
- Add potatoes and cook for 5 minutes or until cooked through. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to colander to drain.
- Cook beansprouts for 3 minutes or until just wilted. Transfer to colander, press out excess water.
- Add spinach, push under to submerge - will instantly wilt. Remove, transfer to colander, press out excess water.
- Slice into 0.75 x 5 cm / 1/3 x 2" slices (or thereabouts).
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Cook tempeh 2 min on each side until deep golden and crispy. (Tofu ~ 1 1/2 min)
- Either make one platter for sharing, or individual. Vegetables and egg can be served warm or at room temp, sauce should be served warm (it thickens when cool).
- Place vegetables and tempeh on serving plate, top with egg.
- Pour sauce into serving bowl.
- Serve Gado Gado Salad with peanut sauce, peanuts for sprinkling, fresh chillies and prawn crackers on the side.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 572 kcal, Carbohydrate 48 g, Protein 32 g, Fat 33 g, SaturatedFat 10 g, Cholesterol 187 mg, Sodium 502 mg, Fiber 10 g, Sugar 15 g, ServingSize 1 serving
MRS. VAN HALEN'S GADO GADO
Provided by Valerie Bertinelli
Categories appetizer
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- For the peanut sauce: Heat the peanut oil in a small saute pan over medium-low heat until hot. Add the onion and jalapeno and cook until softened and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 20 seconds. Then add the coconut milk, peanut butter and curry paste. Increase the heat to medium and whisk until the mixture comes together, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and whisk in the lime juice, soy sauce and fish sauce. If the sauce separates before you are ready to serve, whisk it until it emulsifies and use immediately.
- For the vegetables: Prepare a large bowl of ice water and set aside. In a large pasta pot fitted with a colander insert, bring water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add 3 tablespoons salt, then add the carrots. Cook for 1 minute, then add the cauliflower. Cook for 1 minute, then add the green beans and broccoli and continue to cook, 2 minutes. Remove the colander from the pot and drain of excess water. Carefully pour the vegetables into the ice water so that they're submerged. Line a sheet tray with paper towels. When the vegetables are cold to the touch, remove them to the paper towels. Dry the vegetables and then put them into a large, shallow serving bowl or on a platter.
- Serve the blanched vegetables with the peanut sauce for dipping.
GADO GADO (MIXED VEGETABLE SALAD WITH INDONESIAN PEANUT SAUCE)
Steps:
- Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 20 to 25 minutes, until fork-tender. Peel and cut into 2-inch (5-cm) cubes.
- Prepare a bowl or tub of ice water. Blanch the cabbage for 1 to 2 minutes, until translucent and wilted, and transfer to the ice bath. When cool, drain on kitchen towels. Set aside. Repeat with the spinach (30 seconds to 1 minute), bean sprouts (30 seconds to 1 minute) and green beans (3 to 4 minutes).
- Arrange the vegetables, eggs and tofu or tempeh on a large platter. Serve with a bowl of Indonesian Peanut Sauce, with the vegetable chips and fried shallots on small plates alongside. Each diner should pick and choose an assortment of ingredients to put on their plate. Drizzle 2 to 3 tablespoons of peanut sauce over the vegetables and top with vegetable chips and fried shallots. Stir everything together and enjoy!
MIXED VEGETABLE SALAD WITH PEANUT SAUCE (GADO-GADO)
Make and share this Mixed Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce (Gado-Gado) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by LikeItLoveIt
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 35m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- (a variety of the following): cabbage, in 1-inch squares; bean sprouts; carrots, sliced or julienned; green beans, in 2-inch pieces; potatoes or sweet potatoes in large dice; sliced cucumbers; watercress sprigs; tomato wedges.
- This is from a new cookbook I just got.
- Haven't tried this recipe yet, but it looks dead on.
- This is a rather free-form salad of lightly cooked vegetables; the exact contents depend on what is available.
- What makes it gado-gado is the dressing, a creamy peanut sauce.
- Remove tofu from package and drain.
- Place on a plate lined with cloth or paper towels, top with another layer of towel and an inverted plate, and place a weight of a pound or more on top.
- Let stand for 30 minutes, unwrap, and discard liquid.
- Cut tofu into bite-sized squares or triangles and sprinkle with kecap manis.
- Fry in 350F oil until golden brown and puffy; transfer to paper towels to drain.
- Reserve oil to cook peanuts.
- One at a time, blanch vegetables in lightly salted water, rinsing them in cold water to stop cooking as soon as they reach the desired degree of doneness.
- Cabbage and bean sprouts require only a few seconds; carrots, green beans, and potatoes may take several minutes depending on size and tenderness.
- Do not blanch cucumbers, watercress, and tomatoes.
- use them raw.
- Place Gado-Gado Sauce in a small bowl in the center of a large platter.
- Arrange vegetables on platter around sauce.
- Garnish with wedges or slices of hard-cooked egg and fried onion flakes.
- To serve, spoon some sauce onto each plate and dip vegetables into sauce.
- Serves 4 to 6 with other dishes.
- --------------GADO-GADOSAUCE----------------.
- To prepare sauce in a mortar: Pound garlic, shallot, galangal, shrimp paste, and chile to a paste.
- To prepare sauce in a blender: Chop together in a 1-cup jar.
- In a wok or deep skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat until a peanut sizzles on contact.
- Fry peanuts until lightly browned; transfer to paper towels to drain.
- When peanuts have cooled, grind in a mortar or food processor to a coarse, grainy paste, adding a little oil if necessary to facilitate blending.
- (May be made up to a week ahead and stored covered in refrigerator.) Remove all but 2 tablespoons oil from pan and reserve for another use.
- Return pan to medium-low heat and add pounded mixture.
- Cook until quite fragrant, but do not burn.
- Add peanuts, sugar, and coconut milk and bring to a boil, stirring.
- Simmer until thick and season to taste with salt and lime juice.
- Allow to coot to room temperature before serving.
GADO-GADO
Gado-gado is a beloved dish across Indonesia. Each region has a different spin: In Jakarta, it is a "double-carb" dish, featuring both potato and lontong (rice cakes). In West Java, it is known as lotek atah or karedok and served with raw vegetables. At the heart of any gado-gado is the spicy peanut sauce: Some versions call for tamarind, lime, terasi (shrimp paste) or coconut milk. Others use peanut butter instead of freshly pounded peanuts. This particular recipe is inspired by a home-cooked gado-gado eaten in Bali, where the rich, aromatic sauce was powered by shallots and garlic. Its sweetness comes from kecap manis, the thick, caramelly soy sauce foundational in Indonesian cooking, but, if you can't find kecap manis, make your own (see Tip) or use sweet soy sauce.
Provided by Hetty McKinnon
Categories vegetables, main course
Time 45m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Heat a large frying pan over medium-high. When hot, drizzle with 1 to 2 tablespoons oil and add the tofu slices. Season the tofu well with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium and fry for 2 to 3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Remove from the pan and allow to cool. Cut tofu into squares or triangles.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add green beans and blanch for about 4 minutes or until just tender. Just before the beans are ready, add cabbage and bean sprouts to the pot and shock them in the water for about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Transfer the vegetables to a colander, refresh under cold water and drain well.
- Bring the same pot of water (add more water and salt, if required) to the boil, and add the potatoes and cook until tender, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the satay sauce: Place the peanuts, sliced shallots, garlic and chile into a blender or food processor, and blitz until it becomes a chunky paste. You can add a splash of water to get the blender going, or if you prefer a smoother paste. (It is traditional to use a mortar and pestle to make the paste, so if you have one, use it.)
- Heat a medium saucepan over medium-low, drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon oil, and add the paste, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes, until fragrant. Add the kecap manis, palm sugar, salt and 1 cup water. Stir for 2 to 3 minutes, until the sauce is well combined. (Peanut sauce can be stored in a jar in the refrigerator for 7 days.)
- To serve, divide the blanched vegetables, potatoes, tofu, cucumber, tomatoes and eggs over several serving plates or assemble it all on one large serving platter. Drizzle each plate generously with the peanut sauce and top with crispy fried shallots.
Tips:
- Choose fresh, crisp vegetables. This will ensure that your gado gado is flavorful and nutritious.
- Blanch the vegetables properly. Blanching helps to preserve the vegetables' color, texture, and nutrients.
- Make the peanut sauce ahead of time. This will give the flavors time to meld and develop.
- Serve gado gado warm or at room temperature. It can also be served cold, but the flavors will be less pronounced.
- Garnish with your favorite toppings. Some popular options include fried shallots, prawn crackers, and hard-boiled eggs.
Conclusion:
Gado gado is a delicious and versatile Indonesian dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer, main course, or side dish. It is a great way to get your daily dose of vegetables, and it is also a good source of protein and healthy fats. With its bold flavors and textures, gado gado is sure to be a hit with everyone at your table.
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