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Nasi Balikpapan

 

Milanesas

 
  • 500 GRAM RICE, cooked
  • 300 GRAM CHICKEN, in strips
  • 100 GRAM BACON, cubed
  • 1 LEEK, sliced
  • 2 CLOVES OF GARLIC, chopped
  • 2 ONIONS, chopped
  • PIECE OF TRASSI
  • PINCH OF KENCUR
  • 1 TSP SAMBAL
  • 2 TBSP SOY SAUCE
 
  • 600 GRAM BEEF FILLET, in thin slices
  • 2 EGGS
  • 50 GRAM PARMESAN CHEESE, grated
  • 100 GRAM BREADCRUMBS
  • 2 TOMATOES, sliced
  • 1 BOLL MOZZARELLA, sliced
  • 50 GRAM HAM, sliced

Stir fry the garlic, trassi and onion fro three minutes in hot oil; add the chicken and stir fry three minutes more; add the bacon and continue for five minutes. Add the rice, bit by bit, fry and stir until the rice is hot and golden brown. Add the soy sauce, the kencur and the sambal, stir well. Finally add the leeks, heat a few minutes and serve with fried egg, atjar and prawn crackers.

Balikpapan is a harbor city on the Eastern side of Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, the island that Indonesia shares with Malaysian Sabah.

On 24 January the Japanese fought the USA at Balikpapan, to prevent the Dutch from destroying oil fields like they had done at Tarakan 2 weeks before. In 1945  Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and worldwide history.

Whisk the eggs with a fork. Mix the breadcrumbs with the cheese. Dip the beef first in egg, then in the breadcrumbs mixture. Fry the milanesas in hot oil, a few minutes per size. Put them on a baking tray and put a slice of ham, a slice of tomato and some mozzarella on top of each. Put the milanesas under the grill until the cheese has melted and starts to bubble.

The Battle of Las Piedras took place on 18 May 1811 in Uruguay. The former “Banda Oriental” became independent from the Spaniards after Spain had already lost Argentina a year earlier. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and celebration.