Ayam Bakar Padang - Padang Broiled Chicken

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Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Chicken

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 30 mins

Serves: 16

Ingredients

• 2 chicken, each cut into 8 pieces (I used 16 drumsticks)
• 1 tablespoon salt
• juice of 1 lime
• 3 tablespoon oil
• 3 bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam)
• 5 kaffir lime leaves (Indonesian: daun jeruk)
• 400 ml coconut milk (Indonesian: santan)
• Grind the following into spice paste
• 100 gram shallot (Indonesian: bawang merah)
• 4 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih)
• 5-10 red cayenne chilies (Indonesian: cabe keriting merah)
• 2 inch ginger (Indonesian: jahe)
• 2 inch galangal (Indonesian: lengkuas)
• 1 inch turmeric (Indonesian: kunyit)
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed (Indonesian: adas manis)
• 1 lemongrass (Indonesian: sereh)
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl, rub chicken with salt and lime juice. Set aside for 30 minutes, then rinse and dry.
2. Heat oil and sauté spice paste until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
3. Add bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, coconut milk, and the chicken. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat, and simmer until the chicken are fully cooked and the sauce is slightly reduced.
4. Turn off heat, strain the chicken, and set aside the sauce for basting.
5. Preheat oven broiler to high for 3 minutes.
6. Line a baking tray with aluminum foil.
7. Transfer chicken to prepared tray and broil until the surface has charred, about 3-5 minutes each side. Baste the chicken with the sauce as needed.
8. Serve immediately.