How to Make Appetizing Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken)

Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken). I have a weakness for Indonesian grilled chicken (or Ayam Bakar as you will often find on Indonesian menus) - the char and smokiness from the caramelized chicken skin, the sweet aromatic spices, the distinctive taste of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) combined with the heat from the savoury sambal belacan, all complemented with a mound of steamed white rice. Add sweet soy sauce, white pepper powder, sugar, water, and tamarind juice. Simmer until the chicken is tender and the sauce is permeated.

Add chicken and stir until the sauces coats the chicken pieces and the color of the chicken starts to change. Add sweet soy sauce and coconut water. Boil the chicken until fully cooked and the half of the water evaporated. You can have Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken) using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken)

1. You need 8 pieces of chicken (you can use both chicken breast or chicken thighs).
2. It's 3 tablespoons of lime juice.
3. Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
4. It's 2 of lemongrass, pounded.
5. It's 1/2 tablespoon of tamarind juice.
6. Prepare 8 of kaffir lime leaves.
7. It's 2 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
8. You need 1/2 teaspoon of white pepper powder.
9. You need 250 ml of water.
10. You need 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
11. You need of For the ground spices:.
12. It's 4 cloves of garlic.
13. You need 10 of shallots.
14. Prepare 2 of chili pepper.
15. It's 1 inch of ginger.
16. You need 1 inch of galangal.
17. You need 1 teaspoon of salt.

Ayam Bakar Kecap ini sudah tidak asing lagi di dunia perkulineran Indonesia. Aroma kecap Asli yang manis dan asin ini membuat kita makin punya selera yang besar untuk makan. One of those dishes is this Ayam Bakar, basically an Indonesian or Malaysian dish of charcoal-grilled chicken marinated in kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), coconut oil, shallot, garlic, chilli pepper, coriander, tamarind juice, candlenut, turmeric and galangal. In Java, the chicken is usually marinated with the mixture of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) and coconut oil, applied with a brush during grilling.

Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken) instructions

1. Mix the chicken with lime juice and salt. Set aside for 15 minutes..
2. In a food processor, combine all the ground spices ingredients and pulse until finely chopped. Add the vegetable oil and pulse to a fine paste..
3. Transfer the paste to a wok and cook over medium-high heat. Add kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass. Stir until fragrant. Add the chicken and cook until the chicken change color..
4. Lower the heat. Add sweet soy sauce, white pepper powder, sugar, water, and tamarind juice. Simmer until the chicken is tender and the sauce is permeated..
5. Place chicken on a hot, preheated greased grill. Rub the ground spices on the chicken. Grill the chicken until the skin is caramelized. Turn over. Do the same to the other side. Be careful not to burn it..
6. Serve with warm rice, sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce. Don’t forget the ‘sambal trasi’! 😋.

The bumbu spice mixture may vary among regions, but usually it consists of combination of ground shallot, garlic, chilli pepper, coriander, tamarind juice, candlenut, turmeric, galangal and salt. Gurame bakar (grilled gourami) served with sweet soy sauce as both marination and dipping sauce. Ayam kecap, chicken poached in sweet soy sauce. Semur daging, beef and potato stew in sweet soy sauce. Babi kecap, pork simmered in sweet soy sauce.