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Orak Arik Buncis & Wortel - Green Bean, Carrot, and Egg Stir Fry

Name: Orak Arik Buncis & Wortel - Green Bean, Carrot, and Egg Stir Fry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground white/black pepper; 3 tablespoon oil; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 50 gram shallot, thinly sliced; 250 gram carrot, julienned; 250 gram green bean, sliced diagonally; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce; 1/2 tablespoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon ground white/black pepper; 3 jalapenos, seeded and thinly sliced; 3 scallions, thinly sliced

Last updated: Apr 18, 2022 — Published: Oct 31, 2016 — By: Anita — 12 comments

Eggs, green beans, and carrots are a great combination in this Indonesian scrambled eggs and vegetables stir fry. Serve this with steamed white rice for a cheap and filling meal.

Orak arik buncis dan wortel - Indonesian green bean, carrot, and egg stir fry

Orak arik is an Indonesian stir fry dish with eggs and vegetables. There are so many varieties of orak arik since this is a very versatile dish, but I will teach you how to prepare this dish with green beans and carrots.

Green beans and carrots are my favorite combination when cooking orak arik. You can use other vegetables as long as the total weight is 500 grams (slightly more than 1 pound).

If you want a more filling dish, you can use half vegetables and half protein. I highly recommend using fried tofu cubes or fish cakes/fish balls for the protein. An example of this is my orak arik tahu jamur recipe using mushrooms and fried tofu cubes.

Ingredients for orak arik buncis dan wortel (Indonesian green bean, carrot, and egg stir fry): green beans, carrots, eggs, shallot, garlic, chilies, scallions, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, salt, and pepper.

Ingredients for Indonesian green bean, carrot, and egg stir fry

green beans
carrots
eggs
shallot
garlic
scallions
chilies
salt, pepper, and sugar
soy sauce
fish sauce

All of the above ingredients are must-haves, but there are some workable substitutes if you cannot find everything.

The best substitute for green beans is snake beans/Chinese long beans/yardlong beans.

Instead of shallots, you can also use yellow, white, or red onion.

I am using jalapenos since they are almost always available in the grocery stores. You can use Fresno chilies, serrano chilies, or even Thai bird-eye chilies if you love the extra heat. When you want to make this dish as kid-friendly as possible, you can even use bell pepper (red, orange, yellow, or green).

The main seasonings in this dish are soy sauce and fish sauce, so it is not recommended to skip these. The only good alternatives I can recommend are tamari for soy sauce and oyster sauce for fish sauce.

(1) Sauté garlic and shallot. (2) Add carrots and green beans. (3) Set the vegetables to one side of the pan, pour the beaten eggs on the other side, and make scrambled egg. (4) Season with sugar, pepper, soy sauce, and fish sauce. And finally add chilies and scallions.

Step-by-step to cook Indonesian green bean, carrot, and egg stir fry

Lightly beat eggs with salt and pepper in a mixing bowl.
Heat oil in a large skillet (or a wok) on medium-high heat. Sauté garlic and shallot until fragrant for about 3 minutes.
Add carrots and green beans, stir to mix, and cook for about 1 minute.
Push the vegetables to one side, pour the beaten eggs to the empty side of the skillet/wok and stir to make scrambled eggs.
Mix the scrambled eggs with the rest of the vegetables. Season with soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and pepper. Add chilies and scallions, and mix well.
Turn off the heat and serve the stir fry immediately with steamed white rice.