Nasi Lemak

We had Allison and Daniel over for dinner tonight so I made them a super special treat! Nasi Lemak a wonderful Malaysian dish of coconut rice and sambal covered eggs. Roasted peanuts and crispy anchovies covered in sugar are served on the side. It's traditionally served with fish but I went for fried pork chop instead.

1. Cook rice in rice cooker using coconut milk instead of water.
2. Pan sear pork chops until golden brown. Make sure to season with salt and pepper before.
3. Place pork chops in roasting pan on top of tin foil and add basil leaves on top of pork.
4. Sear basil leaves with the oil residues from the pan you seared the pork in
5. Wrap the pork completely in tin foil and place in oven on broil (hi) for 20-30 minutes depending on your tastes medium rare-well done.
6. blend 10 dried chilies that have been de-seeded and soaked in warm water for 10 minutes with 3 small shallots.
7. Fry mixture in a lot of olive oil on med low and add sugar to mellow spice 2 tbsps is plenty but use less if you like it spicy
8. Once sauce turns red, add thinly sliced onion until sautéed thoroughly
9. Coat hard boiled eggs with sambal mixture you just made
10. Sprinkle anchovies with olive oil on a plate mix and microwave for 30 secs. Taste to see if they are crunchy add time if necessary. Sprinkle with sugar.
11. Toast peanuts with skins but no shells on dry pan with no oil. Keep on low heat and stir constantly until roasted but not burnt. Should taste crunchy!
12. Serve eggs, anchovies and peanuts with pork and coconut rice.

ENJOY another wonderful Malaysian specialty :)