Recipe#25111

Title: Gado Gado

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg; February 26 1991.

Yield: 1 servings
 
MMMMM---------------------------SAUCE--------------------------------
    1/2 ts Galangal powder (Laos)
      1    Fresh hot red or green
           -chile, sliced
      1    Clove garlic, sliced
      1 tb Dark brown sugar
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 c  Coconut milk
    1/2 ts Shrimp sauce
      4 tb Natural peanut butter
      1 tb Tamarind liquid
      1    Square inch lemon peel
MMMMM-------------------------VEGETABLES------------------------------
      1 c  String beans in 2-inch
           -pieces
      1 c  Julienne of carrot
      2 c  Shredded Napa cabbage
      1 c  Fresh bean sprouts
      1 c  Cooked, sliced potatoes
      1 c  Sliced cucumber
MMMMM--------------------------GARNISH-------------------------------
      1    Piece tofu, fried brown,
           -cut into nine cubes
      1 sl Tomato
      2    Hard-cooked eggs, sliced
      2 md Onions, sliced, fried until
           -golden
 
  Here's another, more complex recipe for Gado Gado.  From the San
  Francisco Chronicle, date unknown.  I've done this 'un.  Pretty
  tasty...
  
  Put all the sauce ingredients except the lemon peel in a blender or
  food processor and puree.  Place in a saucepan with the lemon peel
  and cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes, until thickened
  and darkened. Set aside and keep warm.
  
  Blanch the beans and carrots for 3 minutes, then run under cold water
  to stop cooking.  Blanch the cabbage and sprouts for a few seconds
  and run under cold water.  Arrange the vegetables in layers on a
  platter- -cabbage, beans, carrots, potatoes, cucumbers and sprouts on
  top.
  
  Garnish:  Scatter the tofu cubes over the sprouts.  Garnish with egg
  and tomato slices around the edges, then pour the sauce over and
  sprinkle all with the fried onions.