Mie Nyemek | One Pan Indomie

How to make Mie Nyemek, or one pan saucy Indomie instant noodles.

What is Mie Nyemek?

Mie Nyemek is a street food favourite in Indonesia. It’s basically Indomie, cooked in a lesser amount of seasoned water as you normally would to cook the instant noodles. The noodles absorb the seasonings as it cooks, giving you even more flavour in every bite!

‘Nyemek’ is a Javanese slang for saucy noodles. The final dish should not be dry, but it shouldn’t be a soupy consistency either. I love the sauciness to the noodles – add as much water as you’d like sauce.

Why you will LOVE Mie Nyemek?

1. ONE PAN WONDER – with this, you do not need to drain the noodles… which means less steps and hassle! I don’t know about you, but I HAVE to have Indomie with additional ingredients such as eggs and sausages. Typically I’d have to cook those separately, but not with this recipe!
2. Levelled up Instant Noodles – I love my Indomie, but sometimes we love a switch up.
3. Saucy Noodles!

How to make Mie Nyemek?

At its most basic:

1. Stir fry some eggs.
2. Once eggs are almost cooked, add water and the Indomie seasoning packets. Stir to combine.
3. Immediately add the instant noodles and allow the noodles cook. Once noodles cook to preference, serve!

If you want to level it up and do this street style, then you HAVE to add in alliums, proteins and vegetables, and a dash of extra kicap manis or dark sweet soy sauce and chilli sauce! This takes a couple more steps, but absolutely worth it. It makes the noodles more… complete, but with far less effort.

I like to scramble the eggs and almost cook it through before adding the other ingredients. This gives me nice solid egg pieces, versus an eggy, creamy Mie Nyemek – which sounds good too, so I might give that a go next time.

What Type of Protein to Use?

Sausages, bakso or meatballs, seafood, sliced chicken pieces, beef slices, cubed tofu; any of your favourite proteins will work!

Can I use other instant noodles?

Indomie is the go-to, but can you use other brands of instant noodles? YES! You can even use soup instant noodles.

With soup instant noodles, I recommend halving the seasoning pack contents. Using the entire pack might result in a too-salty noodle dish.

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Mie Nyemek | One Pan Indomie

Recipe by Sha

5.0 from 1 vote

Course: Recipes

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

Cook Mode

Keep the screen of your device on

Ingredients

• 2 packs of Instant Noodles

• 1 tbsp Oil

• 1 Shallot, minced

• 2 cloves Garlic, minced

• 1 bird’s eye chillies, chopped

• 2 Eggs

• 1 Sausage, chopped (or your favourite protein)

• 300ml Water

• 1 tsp kicap manis (optional)

• 1 tsp chilli sauce (optional)

• 1 cup of Kale (or your favourite leafy vegetable)

• Garnish with:

• Spring onions

• Fried Onions

Directions

• Heat oil in a pan and stir fry onions, garlic and chillies until fragrant.
• Add eggs next and scramble until almost cooked, before tossing in sausages or protein of choice.
• Add water next and stir in the instant noodle seasonings.
• Add instant noodles next, and let it cook. The liquid would not be enough to cover the noodles, and this is ok. Loosen noodles with a spatula and toss through to get an even cook. Option to add more kicap manis and chilli sauce.
• Once noodles are almost al dente or cooked to preference, toss in vegetables next. Allow to wilt.
• Turn off the heat, garnish and serve immediately.

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