Asian Poultry Recipes - Indonesian Fried Chicken Java-Style (Ayam Goreng Jawa)  Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 chicken (5-6lb/2 1/2-3 kg.) (cleaned & cut into convenient pieces)

• 1 1/2 cups santan/coconut milk

• 1 dessertspoon tamarind paste and 4 tablespoons water (mixed & strained  to extract juice)

• salt to taste

• cooking oil for deep frying

Ground Ingredients:

• 2 red chilies (seeded)

• 12 shallots

• 2 teaspoons ketumbar/coriander seeds

• 2 teaspoons gula Jawa/palm sugar

• 1 stalk serai/lemon grass

• 1-inch (2.5-cm.) piece laos/galangal

• 2 buah keras/candlenuts

• 1-inch (2.5-cm.) piece kunyit/turmeric root

Serves 4-6

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Method:

1. In a pan, mix together all ingredients except the cooking oil for deep-frying.

2. Simmer till chicken is tender and dry. Remove from flame.

3. Heat oil to cooking point. Deep-fry cooked chicken till golden brown and drain well.

4. Serve with boiled white rice.