Ayam Bakar Padang (Padang Grilled Chicken)
There were so many chickens running on the street, I felt so annoyed, I catch some of them and bring to my kitchen... Just kidding, lol :)Ingredients:
* 400g chicken meat
* 1 Cinnamon stick
* 3 cloves
* 5 lime leaves
* 1/2 turmeric leaf
* 3 lemon grass
* 3 tbs oil
* 500ml thin coconut milk
* 100ml thick coconut milk
Mix spice:
* 4 red chilies
* 2 cloves garlic
* 4 shallots
* 1/2 tbs coriander seeds
* 1/2 tsp cumin
* 1/2 tsp pepper
* 2cm ginger
* 2cm galangal
* 3cm fresh turmeric
* 3 candlenuts
How To:
- Grind all the mix spice ingredients in the blender.
- Heat the oil, fry 1 with cinnamon stick, clove, lime leaf, turmeric leaf, and lemon grass until fragrant.
- Add chiken and cook until the meat is half cooked. Add thin coconut milk, slow down the heat, cook for another 1-2 minutes to reduce the sauce.
- Add thick coconut milk and cook to reduce the sauce, remove the chicken and allow to cool.
- Glaze the remained sauce on the surface of the chickens, broil in the oven until the meat become golden brown.
Rudi Choiruddin