Ayam Panggang Kicap Manis (Grilled chicken with sweet soy sauce)

Ayam Panggang Kicap Manis (Grilled chicken with sweet soy sauce)

Serves 4
Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 1 cup tamarind water (tamarind pulp soaked in water and strained) or tamarind paste from a jar (add water) OR juice of 1 lemon
• Salt
• 6 tablespoon kicap manis (sweet soy sauce)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 8 shallots
• 4 garlic
• 3 roasted candlenuts or handful of macadamia nuts
• 6 long red chillies or 8 dried chillies (soaked in hot water)
• 2 tablespoon white peppercorns

Method

1. Cut whole chicken into portions. Marinate with tamarind water or lemon juice, with some salt for at least at hour.
2. Blend shallots, garlic, nuts, chillies and white peppercorns in a food processor or blender into a paste with some water.
3. Heat 4 tablespoon of butter in a pan. Add blended paste and fry until fragrant.
4. Add 650 ml of water, sweet soy sauce and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Mix well.
5. Add chicken and simmer for 30 - 40 minutes, turning the meat 2 - 3 times.
6. Heat oven. Place chicken pieces on tray, drizzle with sauce from pan.
7. Brush chicken with some sweet soy sauce.
8. Roast for 10 - 15 minutes in 180 degrees celsius. Serve with sambal belacan.

Sambal belacan

Ingredients

• 1.5 inch of belacan block or 2 tablespoon of belacan granules
• 8 long red chillies
• 5 - 8 cili padi (birds eye chillies)
• 2 inch galangal (sliced thinly)
• 4 shallots
• Calamansi juice or juice of 3 - 4 fresh limes
• Salt and sugar

Method

1. Toast belacan on a dry pan (low heat) for 2 minutes. Set aside.
2. Blend ingredients. Add juice and small sprinkle of salt and sugar.
3. Add toasted belacan. Blend until smooth.
4. Keep in air tight container for any leftover.

Selamat makan!