Ayam Pop Padang - Padang Fried Chicken

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Chicken

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Ayam Pop
• 1 free range chicken (Indonesian: ayam kampung), cut into 4 pieces
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 6 garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 500 ml water
• 500 ml coconut juice (Indonesian: air kelapa)
• oil for deep frying
• Chili and Sweet Soy Sauce Sambal
• 6 Thai chili, seeded and chopped
• 2 tablespoon fried shallot (Indonesian: bawang goreng)
• 4 tablespoon sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis)
• 1 kaffir lime

Instructions

• Ayam Pop
  1. Heat butter in a pot and stir fry the garlic until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes. Add salt, pepper, sugar, water, and coconut juice. Mix well and bring to a boil.
  2. Add chicken pieces into the pot and cook until chicken is tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
  3. Heat enough oil in a pot for deep frying, fry the chicken pieces until slightly golden brown (it should still be quite whitish). Serve immediately with chili and sweet soy sauce sambal.
• Chili and Sweet Soy Sauce Sambal
  1. In a bowl, combine chili, fried shallot, sweet soy sauce and juice of kaffir lime.