Best Ayam Bali Balinese Chicken Recipes

AYAM BALI (BALINESE CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Combine the onion, garlic, chili peppers, cashew nuts, lemon juice,soy sauce, sugar, and ginger in an electric blender or food processor and blend until it forms a smooth paste.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat and saute the chicken until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the blended mixture and cook uncovered for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add the coconut milk, reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is tender and the sauce has thickened, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Garnish with toasted cashews.

CHICKEN WITH BALINESE SPICES: AYAM BETUTU

Steps:

• Preheat grill.
• Massage chicken with betutu spice mix. Season with salt and pepper and tamarind water. Wrap chicken completely with banana leaves or greased parchment paper and then foil. Place on grill for 30 minutes.
• Grind shallots, garlic, turmeric, ginger, galangal, wild ginger, candlenuts, 1000-spice, chile peppers, shrimp paste, and peanuts in a food processor. Saute paste with coconut oil.
• Wash rice until water is clear and then drain. Put rice in pot with coconut milk, chicken stock, garlic, lemongrass, salam leaves, and bali leaves. Season with salt and stir well. Put on top of stove with medium heat and let it boil. Put in rice cooker and cook until soft. Remove and disregard the lime leaves, garlic, lemongrass and salam leaves.

BALI CHICKEN - AYAM BALI

Steps:

• 1. Heat some oil in a large, deep frying pan and brown the chicken on all sides. Remove the chicken and set aside.
• 2. While the chicken is cooking place the shallots, garlic, candle nuts, ginger and the sambal ulek/red chilli peppers in a chopper/blender. Puree all the ingredients.
• 3. In the same frying pan stir fry the puree for 5 minutes. Doesn't that smell amazing?.
• 4. Add the coconut milk and kecap manis and stir to combine. Then add the the chicken. Simmer for 30-60 min until tender. The sauce will thicken as it simmers.
• 5. Serve hot with some sticky rice. Enjoy!

INDONESIAN SLOW-COOKED CHICKEN (AYAM MANADO)

Steps:

• Puree onions until they have the consistency of a thick paste. A blender gives the best results.
• Put oil in a deep pot. Add the onions and saute for about 1 minute.
• Add all the other ingredients into the pot, (except the chicken pieces, basil and fried shallots), and simmer for about 30 minutes on medium heat. Stir occasionally to prevent burning on bottom of the pot.
• When sauce is cooked and slightly thickened, reduce heat slightly and add chicken. Cook for further 30 minutes or until meat is virtually falling off bones. [If using breast fillets, reduce the cooking time and cook until the chicken is cooked through but still tender].
• Remove chicken from bones [a bit messy, but as stated, I find cooking on the bone gives the best flavour!].
• Stir through the basil leaves.
• Top with fried shallots. Serve with steamed rice.