So I got the idea for eggs with kecap manis from a friend of mine who is Indonesian. Kecap manis is this Indonesian sweet thick soy sauce which is soooo good! When she said she would have it with fried eggs and rice, I knew I had to try it. I wanted something a little more so I thought back to this breakfast dish that I’ve been making for years. I got the idea from Benihana’s teppanyaki grill. You take mushrooms and zucchini (onions are good in here too) and stir fry them with butter, soy sauce and sesame oil. Well, what if I add some kecap manis too? And maybe because it is so good, why not also drizzle some over the whole thing? So that is what I did for breakfast yesterday and Tejas loved it! Kecap manis actually isn’t very salty, that is why I add some.

1 cup calrose rice
1-2 teaspoon butter
2 zucchinis sliced into strips
1 teaspoon soy sauce
Salt
2 teaspoons kecap manis
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1-2 more teaspoons butter
8oz white mushrooms cut into fourths (or halves if small)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
Salt
2 teaspoons kecap manis
1 more teaspoon sesame oil
4 eggs
Salt

1. Cook rice according to directions on package. I usually use a little less than 1 1/2 cups of water to 1 cup of calrose.
2. Heat butter in a wok and throw in the zucchini stirring constantly over high heat until tender adding the soy sauce and a little salt partway through. Near the very end, add the kecap manis and sesame oil. I add the kecap manis in later since it tends to burn over high heat (the sugar in it) and sesame oil so you can really taste it.
3. Do the whole thing over again but with the mushrooms. Sure you can do the mushrooms and zucchini together but they tend to steam instead of saute (all the water in the mushrooms) and it is harder to control the cooking times.
4. Poach or fry the eggs so that the yolk is still runny. We have this great little egg poaching insert. Salt the eggs too.
5. Take your rice and top with the mushrooms, zucchini and eggs and drizzle with more kecap manis (I warmed it up in the microwave a little) and shirachi sauce.