Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, ayam bakar kecap (sweet soy sauce grilled chicken). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis) is a sweetened aromatic soy sauce, originating in Indonesia, which has a darker color, a viscous syrupy consistency and a molasses-like flavor due to the generous addition of palm sugar. Kecap manis is widely used with satay. Today I'am eating Sweet Soy Grilled Chicken with Sambal Terasi (chili sauce).
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ayam bakar kecap (sweet soy sauce grilled chicken) using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken):
- Get 8 pieces chicken (you can use both chicken breast or chicken thighs)
- Get 3 tablespoons lime juice
- Take 1 teaspoon salt
- Take 2 lemongrass, pounded
- Take 1/2 tablespoon tamarind juice
- Get 8 kaffir lime leaves
- Get 2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon white pepper powder
- Prepare 250 ml water
- Make ready 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Get For the ground spices:
- Get 4 cloves garlic
- Make ready 10 shallots
- Take 2 chili pepper
- Prepare 1 inch ginger
- Take 1 inch galangal
- Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
Ayam bakar literally means grilled chicken, kecap is sweet soy sauce. This sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) is one of staple condiment in İndonesian cuisine especially in javanese cuisine. Traditionally the chicken grilled over charcoal and brushed with spiced kecap manis during. I have a weakness for Indonesian grilled chicken (or Ayam Bakar as you will often find on Indonesian menus) - the char and smokiness from the caramelized chicken skin, the sweet aromatic spices, the distinctive taste of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce).
Steps to make Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken):
- Mix the chicken with lime juice and salt. Set aside for 15 minutes.
- In a food processor, combine all the ground spices ingredients and pulse until finely chopped. Add the vegetable oil and pulse to a fine paste.
- Transfer the paste to a wok and cook over medium-high heat. Add kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass. Stir until fragrant. Add the chicken and cook until the chicken change color.
- Lower the heat. Add sweet soy sauce, white pepper powder, sugar, water, and tamarind juice. Simmer until the chicken is tender and the sauce is permeated.
- Place chicken on a hot, preheated greased grill. Rub the ground spices on the chicken. Grill the chicken until the skin is caramelized. Turn over. Do the same to the other side. Be careful not to burn it.
- Serve with warm rice, sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce. Don’t forget the ‘sambal trasi’! 😋
Ayam Bakar is a dish of charcoal-grilled chicken marinated in kecap manis, coconut oil, shallot, garlic, chilli pepper, coriander, tamarind juice, candlenut, turmeric and Ayam Bakar differs from place to place, the Balinese tends to be sweeter while the Lombok and Sumatran style tends to be spicier. İndonesian grilled sweet soy sauce Chicken. Ayam bakar is usually served with sambal terasi (chilli sabal with terasi) or sambal kecap (sliced chilli and shallot in sweet soy sauce) as dipping sauce or condiment and slices of cucumber and tomato as garnishing as well as side dish. Norimaki Mochi (Rice Cake with Sweet Soy Sauce and Wrapped in Seaweed)The Spruce Eats. İndonesian sweet soy sauce grilled Chicken. Ayam bakar literally means grilled chicken, kecap is sweet soy sauce. This sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) is one of staple condiment in İndonesian cuisine especially in javanese cuis.
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