Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Green Chicken (Ayam Goreng Ijo) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 roast chicken, 1-1.2 kg/2 1/4- 2 1/2 lb, or about 700 g/1 1/2 lb chicken breast fillets (2 whole breasts or fillets)

• rice flour to coat the chicken pieces

• 1 lime

• 1 stem lemon grass

• 2 green chilies

• 2 spring onions (scallions)

• 3 cloves garlic

• 2 kaffir lime leaves

• 2-3 green tomatoes

• lime juice

• about 1 teaspoon sugar

• salt, pepper

• oil for frying

Serves 4-6

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Method:

1. Cut the chicken into 12 pieces, season with salt, sprinkle with rice flour and fry or deep-fry in oil until golden brown and crisp.

2. Cut the limes and green tomatoes into thin slices, cut the lemon grass diagonally into pieces 1 cm/3/8 in long and cut the chillies into thin slices.

3. Peel the garlic and chop. Cut the kaffir lime leaves into thin strips. Fry the garlic in oil until golden brown and add the remaining ingredients and the previously fried chicken pieces, turning them several times.

4. Season with salt, pepper and lime juice. Sprinkle with sugar which will add a slightly caramelized taste to the dish.