Ayam Goreng Berempah (Indonesian Spicy Fried Chicken)
I think the Indonesians fry the best chicken. Their are always fragrant, crispy, delicious and full of flavour. My mother taught me to always add ginger to fried chicken. I can never figure what the chemistry is, but it always tastes wonderful.
Besides ginger, I also added tumeric, or yellow ginger. It makes the chicken look even more appetizing and inviting. Used a kampong chicken today, which means it is puny, but it is so delicious.
Wipe the chicken dry before seasoning
I pound the garlic, onion and lemon grass before adding the ground cumin, coriander and pepper to the mixture.
When all fried, it tastes like haven!
Recipe
Ayam Goreng Berempah (Indonesian Spicy Fried Chicken)
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Ingredients
- 1Chicken, 1.5 to 2 kg, cut into 12 pieces
- 1egg
- 2 TbspCorn flour
- 1 cupoil for deep frying
Seasoning (ground together)
- 1 tspground cumin seeds
- 1 tspground coriander seeds
- 1 tspground pepper
- 3small shallots
- 4 clovegarlic
- 1lemon grass, sliced
- 1knob ginger
- 1knob tumeric
- 1-4red chili, add according to how spicy you want
- 1 TbspOyster Sauce or worcestershire sauce
- Salt and pepper
Method
- 01Season the chicken with the ground seasoning sauce for about 30 minutes.
- 02Heat up the oil to low to medium heat.
- 03Add the egg and corn flour to the chicken and combine well.
- 04Fry the chicken until juices from the chicken run clear.
- 05Rest of 5 minutes before eating.
- 06Serve with steamed white rice.