Semur Ayam - Chicken in Nutmeg and Sweet Soy Sauce

5.0 from 14 reviews

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

• 2 tablespoon oil
• 1 lemongrass (Indonesian: sereh), bruised and knotted
• 800 gram chicken (about 8 pieces)
• 300 gram potato (about 3 potatoes), peeled and cut into 8 wedges per potato
• 1 liter water
• 100 ml sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (Indonesian: bubuk pala)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper (Indonesian: merica)
• Grind the following into spice paste
• 5 shallots (Indonesian: bawang merah)
• 5 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih)
• 1 inch ginger (Indonesian: jahe)
• Garnish
• deep fried shallot flakes (Indonesian: bawang merah goreng)

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a pot and sauté spice paste and lemongrass until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
2. Add chicken pieces and stir until well coated with the spice and no longer pink.
3. Add potatoes, water, sweet soy sauce, salt, sugar, nutmeg, and white pepper into the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until chicken and potatoes are cooked and tender, about 30 minutes. Adjust with salt and sugar as needed.
4. Turn off heat. Transfer to a serving bowl, garnish with with shallot flakes and served immediately with steamed white rice.