Chicken Tongseng
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A savory and slightly sweet Indonesian dish perfect for Ramadan, featuring chicken marinated in a blend of soy sauces and spices, cooked with coconut milk and served with rice, pickles, and Emping crackers.
00:45:00 total
Serves 4
medium
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Ingredients
- Olagud boneless chicken thigh - 500 g
- lime - 1 (wedge)
- sweet soy sauce - 3 tbsp
- soy sauce - 2 tsp
- chicken powder - 1 tsp
- pepper - ½ tsp
- garlic - 5 (clove)
- shallot - 5 pc
- curly red chili - 8 pc
- candlenut - 2 pc
- ginger - 1 (2 cm piece)
- turmeric - 1 (2 cm piece)
- galangal - 1 (3 cm piece)
- coriander - 1.5 tsp (toasted)
- cumin - 1 tsp (toasted)
- oil - 4 tbsp
- water - 2 tbsp
- red tomato - 1 pc
- cabbage leaf - 6 pc
- green onion - 1 (stalk)
- lemongrass - 1 (stalk)
- kaffir lime leaf - 3 pc
- bay leaf - 2 pc
- red Thai chili - 15 pc
- coconut milk - 3 tbsp
- salt - 2 tsp
- MSG - 1 tsp
- sugar - 1 tbsp
Instructions
- Marinate the Chicken: Slice the chicken, then marinate with sweet soy sauce, soy sauce, chicken powder, pepper, and lime juice. Mix well and let sit for a while.
- Prepare the Spices: Slice the garlic and shallot. Pound the candlenut, and slice the ginger, galangal, and curly red chili.
- Blend the Spices: In a blender, add garlic, shallot, candlenut, ginger, galangal, turmeric, curly red chili, coriander, cumin, oil, and water. Blend until smooth.
- Sauté the Aromatics: Heat oil. Sauté the shallot, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf, and bay leaf until fragrant, then add the blended spices. Sauté until oily.
- Cook the Chicken: Add chicken and stir-fry until cooked, then slice the tomato, cabbage, and green onion.
- Final Cooking Steps: Add Thai chili, green onion, cabbage, salt, chicken powder, MSG, sugar, and pepper. Stir-fry briefly over high heat. Pour in water and coconut milk. Stir well, then add tomato. Cook briefly.
- Serve: Chicken Tongseng is ready to serve with white rice, pickles, Emping/melinjo crackers, and fried shallots.
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