Ayam Ungkep Recipe

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Ayam Ungkep recipe

Ayam Ungkep

This Ayam Ungkep recipe is a Javanese specialty dish of spiced and deep fried chicken. The chicken pieces are pre-cooked in spices before being deep fried. The Javanese consider it as a great party dish. Try some. You will surely want to use this Ayam Ungkep recipe for your next party!

Ayam Ungkep Recipe-

Ingredients:
For the Chicken-
For the spice paste-
  • 10 shallots
  • 8 large cloves garlic
  • 1” piece ginger root, peeled and chopped
  • 1” piece fresh galangal root, peeled and chopped
  • 1 tbsp. turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp. coriander powder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. sugar
Directions:
  1. Use a mortar and pestle to grind the spices into a smooth paste.
  2. Place chicken, spice paste, kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass and coconut water into a cooking pot. Bring to a vigorous boil. Cover the pot, reduce flame to a simmer, and cook for 30 minutes, or until chicken pieces are tenderized.
  3. Drain the chicken now, so they are dried in preparation for deep frying. (Note: if you want to store the chicken at this point, to serve some other time, you can. They can be frozen for up to 1 week, and also keep well for several days in refrigerator)
  4. Heat enough oil in a large, deep cooking pot for deep frying. When the oil is sizzling hot, lower chicken pieces in, and fry until the skin is golden brown and crispy—about 3 minutes should do it—because the chicken has already been cooked.
  5. Serve your Ayam Ungkep while hot, with rice and a vegetable side dish.

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