Recipe of Award-winning Chicken in Spicy Tamarind Sauce (Ayam Asam Pedas)

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken in spicy tamarind sauce (ayam asam pedas). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chicken in spicy tamarind sauce (ayam asam pedas) using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken in Spicy Tamarind Sauce (Ayam Asam Pedas):

1. Make ready 350 g Chicken Meat (boneless, cut into pieces)
2. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt (marinate)
3. Get Sambal Paste (blend well);
4. Take 20 g Dried Chilli (deseed, rehydrated)
5. Take 40 g Shallots
6. Take 20 g Garlic
7. Get 20 g Ginger Root
8. Get 20 g Galangal Root
9. Make ready 20 g Turmeric Root
10. Take 20 g Fermented Shrimp Paste (Belacan)
11. Get 20 g Lemongrass Stalk (white part)
12. Make ready Aromatics;
13. Get 2 stalk Ginger Flower (slice in half)
14. Prepare 2 stalk Lemongrass (bruised)
15. Make ready 10 sprigs Vietnamese Mint (Daun Kesum)
16. Make ready Other Ingredients;
17. Make ready 3 Tbsp Cooking Oil
18. Get 1 Tbsp Sugar
19. Prepare 1.5 cup Water
20. Get 100 g Okra
21. Get 2 pc Tomatoes (quartered)
22. Make ready 10 g Vietnamese Mint leaves (finely chopped, garnish)

Steps to make Chicken in Spicy Tamarind Sauce (Ayam Asam Pedas):

1. MARINATE; Salt the chicken and set aside for 30 minutes or more.
2. COOK THE PASTE; heat 3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil until hot, then add the Sambal Paste. Cook the Paste until the oil separates.
3. TAMARIND; once the oil separates, add the Tamarind juice, Aromatics, Sugar and mix well. Bring it to a gentle boil and cover with a lid. Cook for 5 minutes and stirring occasionally.
4. CHICKEN; After 5 minutes, DISCARD the Aromatics, turn down the heat to a Simmer and then add in the Chicken. Cover with a lid and cook for 5 minutes while stirring occasionally.
5. VEGGIES; after 5 minutes, add the tomatoes and okra. Cover with lid and cook for 2 minutes. After that, remove the lid and season with Salt if necessary.
6. OPTIONAL; the dish is basically done but if you want to thicken the gravy, simply continue to simmer without a lid for another 5-10 minutes. You might want to remove the Okra and set it aside but you can leave the tomatoes and chicken in.
7. SERVE with cooked rice and garnish with Vietnamese Mint leaves.

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