Nasi Goreng. Evidence ranking
Nasi Goreng
#1 among published recipes we could fairly measure. We use this ranking to build The GüdDish when the method is cook-validated.
Ranking verdict
Photo Finish
The top two recipes are close enough that more data could swap them. Either is a strong starting point.
Answer for citation
#1 published Nasi Goreng by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-17): Nasi Goreng from food.com (of 24 rated recipes across 10 sites). Verdict: Photo Finish, limited corpus. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
Among published Nasi Goreng recipes we could fairly measure, #1 is Nasi Goreng from food.com (24 rated recipes across 10 sites). GüdScore orders them by how far each outperforms its own publisher. That ranking is how we decide what to learn from when we build The GüdDish.
Why it ranked first
This recipe
5.00
food.com avg
4.48
Ahead of its publisher by 0.38 stars. That gap, not the raw rating alone, drives the rank, because a 4.99 on a site where everything is 4.99 means little.
- 13 people rated it, enough that the score is not resting on a handful of opinions.
- That combination puts it in the top 5% of every Nasi Goreng recipe we analysed.
Runner-up: Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice) (recipetineats.com), ★ 4.82 from 106 ratings.
What this takes
4-6 serving(s) · 55 min total · 40 min prep · 20 ingredients · 7 steps
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 cup red onion, finely diced
- 1/2 cup celery, finely diced
- 1/2 cup green onion, finely diced
- 4 tablespoons grated carrots
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 cup mushroom, chopped
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons catsup
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons crushed coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 2 teaspoons sambal oelek
- 1 cup basmati rice (Can be done a day ahead) or 1 cup jasmine rice, cooked and cooled (Can be done a day ahead)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined or 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces
The GüdDish · draft · cook QA in progress
GüdDish Nasi Goreng
This is the nasi goreng we cook at home when we want the best result without juggling ten tabs. We read the strongest recipes we could find, kept the ingredients and techniques that overlap again and again, and cut the rest. What is left is one combined method: the best of the best, easy to handle, easy to run, and built to come out right every time.
serves 4 to 6
65 min total
4 steps
Needs cook QA
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Full evidence ranking
Showing 10 of a 10-slot list for this dish’s pool of 24 scored recipes. First 9 clear the full CrowdScore floor (at least 4 ratings and 4.5+ stars), ordered by how far each beats its own publisher after we adjust for rating volume. Filled 1 more slot with high-rated recipes that only have thinner vote counts (at least 1 rating, still real stars — marked Thin evidence). Star ratings and counts are the publisher’s public evidence when present. Close places can still reverse with more data.
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1Nasi Goreng5.00 from 13 ratings
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2Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)4.82 from 106 ratings
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3Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)4.90 from 38 ratings
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4Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)5.00 from 13 ratings
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5Chicken Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)4.93 from 16 ratings
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6Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)5.00 from 4 ratings
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7Nasi Goreng5.00 from 4 ratings
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8Nasi Goreng4.83 from 6 ratings
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9How to Make Good Indonesian Nasi Goreng5.00 from 4 ratings
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10Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice) Recipe5.00 from 1 rating · below usual vote floor
Major publishers (ratings not CrowdScore-verified)
Some major publishers show star totals without review-level data we can audit. Those aggregates never enter CrowdScore. They can still appear here as honest publisher claims or as method references. Below: top claims for this dish.
Behind the evidence
24Recipes rated
10Sites
278Ratings
LimitedOrdering confidence
What enters GüdScore
We only put a recipe in GüdScore when we can check the evidence behind its rating at the review level. Sites that only publish closed aggregate stars, without recoverable reviews, stay outside that score rather than being quietly down-weighted. Where we can rebuild ratings from raw public reviews, we do that before a recipe competes. Full methodology: How GüdScore works.
FAQ
What is the best Nasi Goreng recipe?
#1 published Nasi Goreng by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-17): Nasi Goreng from food.com (of 24 rated recipes across 10 sites). Verdict: Photo Finish, limited corpus. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
How does GüdDish pick a winner?
We search the open web for methods, measure rated recipes with GüdScore (evidence engine), study ingredients and techniques that set the strongest ones apart, then build one GüdDish. GüdScore does not hand you a single best recipe alone. Details: https://guddish.com/method.html
What does the verdict mean?
The Rank verdict describes the published-recipe competition, not a grade for The GüdDish. Clear Winner means number one is well ahead. Close Contest, Photo Finish, and Split Decision mean the top recipes are hard to separate. Limited corpus means we analyzed fewer recipes than a mature dish.
Why are some big publishers missing from GüdScore?
GüdScore only includes ratings we can audit at the review level. Sites that only expose closed aggregate scores, without recoverable review data, stay outside that score. Their recipes may still inform technique. See How GüdDish works for the full rules.
How often is this updated?
This page’s data was last scored or re-synced on 2026-08-17.
The public Rank is the top 10. The rest of the scored pool lives in the JSON API, not on this page.