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Ayam Goreng (Fried Chicken Balinese Style)

Ayam Goreng is the Indonesian way of making fried chicken. Succulent, moist and very moreish!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Balinese, Indonesian

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Cooking Pot
  • Frying Pan or Barbeque

Ingredients
  

Paste

  • 8 cm galangal, peeled
  • 5 shallots, peeled and chopped
  • ½ bulb garlic
  • 4 candlenuts or macadamia nuts
  • 2 cm ginger, peeled
  • 2 tsp coriander seeds
  • ½ cup water

Cooking Ingredients

  • 1 chicken stock cube
  • 4 tsp salt
  • 2 monosodium glutamante
  • 1 kg chicken legs with the skin on

Instructions
 

  • Put all the paste ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
  • Add the blended paste to a pot of boiling water. Next add the stock cube, salt and monosodium glutamate and the chicken legs, put the lid on and simmer for 1 hour.
  • After the hour, remove the legs and leave to cool.
  • Once they have cooled, slice across the flesh. You can then either deep fry or put on barbeque turning until brown and crispy. As the chicken is already cooked, you don't need as long, maybe 10 minutes or less.
  • Serve with salad, rice, sambal, chips or whatever you fancy!
Keyword Ayam goreng, Chicken, fried chicken