October 22, 2014

Ayam Penyet aka Flatten Chicken


Chicken
1 whole chicken ~ cut into 8 parts, boiled for 10 mins & drained (save broth for soup & cooking rice)
1/2 tbsp Fennel seed ~ roasted
1/2 tbsp Cumin seed ~ roasted
3 tbsp coriander seed ~ roasted
1 tbsp chicken curry powder
1/2 tbsp white pepper powder
3 cloves garlic
1cm ginger
Litte water
1 tsp salt
Cooking oil for bottomless fries

Sambal
2 tbsp oil
5 red chili (add more if you want spicier)
5 red birdeye's
5 shallots
2 cloves garlic
3 tomatoes ~ cut 4
3" dried shrimp paste (Belacan)
3 tbsp brown sugar

Rice
3 cups Basmathi rice ~ washed & drained
3 cloves of garlic ~ sliced
1 stick cinnamon
4 cardamom pods
2-star anise
3 tbsp butter
Salt ~ to taste
1 cube chicken/meat
4 cups chicken stock

Directions
Ayam Penyet
Put all ingredients (except cooking oil) in a blender, blend until smooth paste.
Marinate the chicken with the blended ingredient & set aside for overnight (Save excessive ground ingredients for fried tempe & tofu)
After marinating overnight, dap on rice flour.  Heat the oil & fry until golden crispy.

Sambal
Heat the oil, fried belacan briefly & set aside.  Add shallots, garlic & chili.  Once wilted, add the tomatoes.  Mix well & turn off heat & set aside.
Put all the fried ingredients into a blender or mortar stone.  Blend or mash until semi-smooth paste.
In a small saucepan, pour the blended/mashed paste on a medium heat.   Add brown sugar & mix well.
Taste the sauce, add salt or sugar according to taste bud.
(Sambal dish can be prepared the day before serving.  Store sauce in air-tight container & put in the fridge.)  Heat the sauce before serving.

Soup
In another pot, boiled the balance of chicken broth & add salt to taste.  Add cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom & coriander.  Let it boils.  Heat the soup before serving.  Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves & spring onions in the soup when done.

Rice
Heat the butter on medium heat; saute garlic, cinnamon, star anise & cardamom until fragrant.   Add rice already well-drained.  Stir about 2-3 mins.   Add chicken broth, salt & cubes of chicken/meat.  Wait until the bubbling slightly.  Move to electric rice cooker & cook as usual.

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