Gado Gado Bowl with Soy Egg
A recipe from Georgia Department of Education School Nutrition
Gado Gado means Mix Mix; in Indonesian - a fitting name for this delicious bowl featuring rice, fresh veggies, a soy-marinated egg, and spicy peanut dressing.
Ingredients:
- 50 each Soy Marinated Hardboiled Eggs
- 1 qt + 2 1/4 cup Spicy Peanut Dressing
- 50 cup Brown Rice Pilaf
- 12 1/2 cup Blanched Broccoli
- 4 lbs Cabbage, red, fresh
- 1 lbs + 14 oz Pepper, sweet bell, red, raw
- 2 1/2 lbs Cucumber, English, raw
- 12 oz Carrots, raw, shredded
- 9 each Limes, fresh
- 6 oz Cilantro, fresh
- 12 oz Peanuts, shelled, unsalted, roasted
Steps:
DAY PRIOR TO SERVICE:
- Prepare the Soy Marinated Eggs per recipe instructions.
- Prepare the Spicy Peanut Dressing per recipe instructions.
- Prepare the Brown Rice Pilaf per recipe instructions. Follow instructions for cooling rice.
- Blanch broccoli following recipe instructions.
- Place the roasted peanuts in a food processor and pulse. Take care not to over process, just crush pieces for texture.
- Store, wrapped, labeled, and dated in dry storage.
DAY OF SERVICE:
- Remove stickers from limes and bell peppers, if needed. Wash limes, bell peppers, cabbage, cucumbers, scallions, and cilantro under cool running water.
- Use sectionizer to cut limes into wedges.
- Remove stem, seeds, and membrane from bell peppers. Slice bell peppers into thin strips.
- Trim the ends off cucumbers and cut into thin rounds.
- For the cabbage, use food processor with shredding attachment, to create uniform thin slices.
- Remove leaves from cilantro and discard stems. Chop the cilantro leaves.
- Store veggies separately in the cooler, covered, until needed.
- Remove the Soy Marinated Hardboiled Eggs from marinade and cut into quarters.
- Cold hold eggs, wrapped, in the cooler until needed.
Hold at 41°F or below.
Hold at 41°F or below.
TO SERVE:
- Portion 1 cup cold Brown Rice Pilaf and top with 1/4 cup Blanched Broccoli, 1/4 cup Shredded Cabbage, 1 tablespoon thinly sliced Bell Pepper and 1 tablespoon shredded Carrot. Add 3 slices Cucumber, 4 quarters Soy Marinated Hardboiled Egg. Finish with Lime wedge and sprinkle of chopped Cilantro and crushed Peanuts. Serve with 2 tablespoons Spicy Peanut Dressing.
- Gado Gado bowls hold well and do not need to be batch cooked for service.
- Cold hold until served.
- Serving is 1 Gado Gado bowl.
Hold at 41°F or below.
Recipe Details
Meal Components:

Grain (G)

Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA)
Crediting Information
- 2 oz. eq Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA)
- 2 oz. eq Grain (G)
HACCP Category:
Process #2 (Same Day)
Yield:
50
Portion Size:
1 bowl
Nutrition Information:
| Nutrient | Amount | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Calories: | 637 | cal |
| Saturated Fat: | 5 | g |
| Total Fat: | 23 | g |
| Sodium: | 1879 | mg |



