Gado-Gado (Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce)
A colorful plate of boiled potatoes, green beans, cabbage, bean sprouts, cucumber, fried tofu, tempeh and egg, all covered in a thick, sweet and spicy peanut sauce.
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Boil the eggs and potatoes
Put the eggs in a pot of boiling water and cook for 9 minutes, then transfer to cold water, peel, and cut in half lengthwise. In a separate pot, boil the potatoes in salted water for 12-15 minutes until a fork slides in easily, then drain.
- 4 eggs
- 3 potatoes
- as needed water for boiling
- 1 tbsp salt for boiling water
✅ Done when: Potatoes are fork-tender; eggs are fully set.
Cook the vegetables
In a pot of boiling water, cook the green beans for 3 minutes, add the cabbage and cook 2 more minutes, then add the bean sprouts for a final 30 seconds. Lift each vegetable out with a slotted spoon and drain well.
- 150g green beans
- ¼ cabbage
- 150g bean sprouts
- as needed water for boiling
✅ Done when: Beans are tender-crisp, cabbage is just wilted, sprouts are barely softened.
Fry the tofu and tempeh
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Make the peanut sauce
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Arrange the plate
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Serve
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Boil the eggs and potatoes
Put the eggs in a pot of boiling water and cook for 9 minutes, then transfer to cold water, peel, and cut in half lengthwise. In a separate pot, boil the potatoes in salted water for 12-15 minutes until a fork slides in easily, then drain.
- 4 eggs
- 3 potatoes
- as needed water for boiling
- 1 tbsp salt for boiling water
✅ Done when: Potatoes are fork-tender; eggs are fully set.
Cook the vegetables
In a pot of boiling water, cook the green beans for 3 minutes, add the cabbage and cook 2 more minutes, then add the bean sprouts for a final 30 seconds. Lift each vegetable out with a slotted spoon and drain well.
- 150g green beans
- ¼ cabbage
- 150g bean sprouts
- as needed water for boiling
✅ Done when: Beans are tender-crisp, cabbage is just wilted, sprouts are barely softened.
Fry the tofu and tempeh
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Make the peanut sauce
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Arrange the plate
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Serve
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The Story Behind the Dish
Gado-gado means 'mix-mix' in Indonesian, because it is a mix of many vegetables. It is linked to the Betawi people of Jakarta, but it is now eaten all over the country.
Street sellers often grind the peanut sauce fresh for each customer on a big stone mortar, adjusting how spicy and sweet it is.
⭐ Why It's Famous
It turns simple vegetables into a filling, flavorful meal, and the peanut sauce is irresistible.
💡 Fun Fact
In Indonesian, 'gado-gado' also describes any mix of things. Speaking Indonesian sprinkled with English words is jokingly called 'bahasa gado-gado'.
Jakarta (Betawi people), Indonesia
-6.21°S, 106.85°E
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