Gado Gado is a traditional Indonesian peanut sauce salad. Indonesian gado gado recipes can include a wide variety of different vegetables, both raw and cooked. The peanut sauce can also vary from smooth or crunchy and mild or spicy. Traditional gado gado sauce uses fresh, fried peanuts and sometimes also includes other nuts, such as cashews. Today, I’m sharing my mom’s super easy recipe that skips some of the more traditional cooking steps but still tastes authentic and delicious!
Next to sate and nasi goreng, gado gado is probably one of the more known Indonesian foods. For most Indonesian kids, including myself, you probably remember your mom having a huge tub of homemade peanut sauce in the fridge at all times. It was also probably stored in a repurposed large, yellow container of I can’t believe it’s not butter. Gado gado was always and still is my mom’s go to easy, meatless meal. It’s a popular side dish that we always serve at every family party and is always a hit!
What you need for this recipe
As mentioned earlier, the fillings of a gado gado recipe can vary greatly. You can put just about any toppings or vegetables into this salad and is a great clean out the fridge kinda meal. Some popular toppings include boiled potatoes, hard boiled eggs, tofu, and shrimp crackers. You can add fresh vegetables such as lettuce, cucumbers, and carrots. Blanched or boiled vegetables, such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and green beans are also favorites!
The most important part of a gado gado is the peanut sauce. The sauce should be savory, sweet, and slightly tangy. It can also have a little spicy kick to it. The perfect peanut sauce is thicker than your average salad dressing and is almost a paste like texture. The liquids from the vegetables will naturally thin out the sauce. Although some peanut sauces have a crunchier texture, this gado gado recipe I’m sharing today will be a smooth and creamy variation.
For this exact recipe, here are the ingredients you need.
- Tofu (any type of firm, medium firm, or fried tofu)
- Bean sprouts
- Persian cucumbers
- Eggs
- Romaine lettuce
- Potatoes
- Cabbage
- Shrimp crackers (or these are some ready to serve)
- Brown sugar (traditionally gula jawa or coconut sugar is used but brown sugar is a great replacement)
- Kecap manis
- Sriracha hot sauce
- Skippy creamy peanut butter
- Fried shallots
- Lemon juice
- Water
How to make this easy and authentic gado gado recipe
- In a small pot, add brown sugar and 1/2 cup of water. Bring to a boil using high heat. Continuously stir until all the brown sugar has melted. Turn down heat to low and continue to stir until syrup thickens. It will take about 3 to 5 minutes. Turn off heat and let sugar water mixture cool to room temperature.
- While waiting for syrup to cool, prepare hard boiled eggs and vegetables. Peel and cut potatoes in half. soak potatoes in water for 10-15 minutes. Add potatoes to a pot of boiling water. Boil potatoes for about 15 minutes or until tender when poked with a fork. Remove from water and set aside. Once eggs are hard boiled, peel and cut into bit sized pieces. Set aside.
- Cut cabbage into bite sized pieces. Boil another pot of water and add a pinch of salt. Once water is boiled, add in cabbage. Boil for 3 minutes and remove cabbage from hot water. Using the same boiling water, add in bean sprouts for 30 seconds then remove from hot water. Set aside.
- Cut boiled potatoes into bite sized pieces. Wash and cut cucumbers and lettuce into bite sized pieces. Cut tofu into bite sized pieces. You can use store bought fried tofu and reheat in the air fryer or serve cold. You can also use regular firm tofu and remove excess liquid with paper towels. Set aside.
- Put entire jar of peanut butter into a large bowl. Add in cooled syrup (about 1 cup), 1 teaspoon sriracha hot sauce, 2 teaspoons kecap manis, 3 tsp lemon juice, 1/4 cup warm water, and 1 tablespoon fried shallots. Mix until sauce is smooth and uniformed. Gado gado sauce will seem thick but will thin out once mixed with vegetables.
- To serve, place all vegetables and toppings into a large bowl and add a few tablespoons of gado gado sauce. Mix everything together. Serve with extra fried shallots and shrimp crackers.
- Store gado gado sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 month. If serving sauce out of the fridge, you can place a few tablespoons into a microwave safe dish and microwave gado gado sauce for 10 seconds at a time until soft.
Gado Gado (My Mom’s Easy Gado Gado Recipe)
Ingredients
Brown Sugar Syrup to make Gado Gado Peanut Sauce
Gado Gado Peanut Sauce
- 1 jar Skippy creamy peanut butter (16.3 oz)
- 1 cup Brown sugar syrup mixture
- 2 tsp Kecap Manis
- 1 tsp Sriracha hot sauce
- 1 tbsp Fried shallots
- 3 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1/4 cup Warm water
Optional Toppings
- Shrimp crackers
- Fried shallots
Instructions
- In a small pot, add brown sugar and 1/2 cup of water. Bring to a boil using high heat. Continuously stir until all the brown sugar has melted. Turn down heat to low and continue to stir until syrup thickens. It will take about 3 to 5 minutes. Turn off heat and let sugar water mixture cool to room temperature.
- While waiting for syrup to cool, prepare hard boiled eggs and vegetables. Peel and cut potatoes in half. soak potatoes in water for 10-15 minutes. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add in potatoes. Boil potatoes for about 15 minutes or until tender when poked with a fork. Remove from water and set aside. Once eggs are hard boiled, peel and cut into bit sized pieces. Set aside.
- Cut cabbage into bite sized pieces. Boil another pot of water and add a pinch of salt. Once water is boiled, add in cabbage. Boil for 3 minutes and remove cabbage from hot water. Using the same boiling water, add in bean sprouts for 30 seconds then remove from hot water. Set aside.
- Cut boiled potatoes into bite sized pieces. Wash and cut cucumbers and lettuce into bite sized pieces. Cut tofu into bite sized pieces. You can use store bought fried tofu and reheat in the air fryer or serve cold. You can also use regular firm tofu and remove excess liquid with paper towels. Set aside.
- Put entire jar of peanut butter into a large bowl. Add in cooled syrup (about 1 cup), 1 teaspoon sriracha hot sauce, 2 teaspoons kecap manis, 3 tsp lemon juice, 1/4 cup warm water, and 1 tablespoon fried shallots. Mix until gado gado sauce is smooth and uniformed. Gado gado sauce will seem thick but will thin out once mixed with vegetables.
- To serve, place all vegetables and toppings into a large bowl and add a few tablespoons of gado gado sauce. Mix everything together. Serve with extra fried shallots and shrimp crackers.
- Store gado gado sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 month. If serving gado gado sauce out of the fridge, you can place a few tablespoons into a microwave safe dish and microwave gado gado sauce for 10 seconds at a time until soft.
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delish and easy peanut sauce salad, thanks for sharing this gado gado recipe!
Karen says
Always wanted to learn how to make this after eating a local Indonesian restaurant that served this salad. This recipe tasted even better than the one I got at the restaurant! Thank you!
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Yummm! So delicious! Reminds me of a Thai peanut salad, but it has more kick and flavor! Love it! Thanks for sharing, Amanda 🙂
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