Recipe: Lezat Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken)

Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken). Today I'am eating Sweet Soy Grilled Chicken with Sambal Terasi (chili sauce). I hope you enjoy while watching my video. Ayam kecap or ayam masak kicap is an Indonesian chicken dish poached or simmered in sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) commonly found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Masak sambil sesekali diaduk sampai ½ matang. I have a weakness for Indonesian grilled chicken (or Ayam Bakar as you will often find on Indonesian menus) - the char and smokiness from the caramelized chicken skin, the sweet aromatic spices, the distinctive taste of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce). Ayam bakar literally means grilled chicken, kecap is sweet soy sauce.

You can have Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken) using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Bahan-Bahan Membuat Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken)

1. 8 pieces of chicken (you can use both chicken breast or chicken thighs).
2. 3 tablespoons of lime juice.
3. 1 teaspoon of salt.
4. 2 of lemongrass, pounded.
5. 1/2 tablespoon of tamarind juice.
6. 8 of kaffir lime leaves.
7. 2 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
8. 1/2 teaspoon of white pepper powder.
9. 250 ml of water.
10. 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
11. of For the ground spices:.
12. 4 cloves of garlic.
13. 10 of shallots.
14. 2 of chili pepper.
15. 1 inch of ginger.
16. 1 inch of galangal.
17. 1 teaspoon of salt.

This sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) is one of staple condiment in İndonesian cuisine especially in javanese cuisine. Traditionally the chicken grilled over charcoal and brushed with spiced kecap manis during. Ayam Bakar is a dish of charcoal-grilled chicken marinated in kecap manis, coconut oil, shallot, garlic, chilli pepper, coriander, tamarind juice, candlenut, turmeric and Ayam Bakar differs from place to place, the Balinese tends to be sweeter while the Lombok and Sumatran style tends to be spicier. This chicken dish is very popular in Sundanese area which is in West Java province where I lived.

Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken) step by step

1. Mix the chicken with lime juice and salt. Set aside for 15 minutes..
2. In a food processor, combine all the ground spices ingredients and pulse until finely chopped. Add the vegetable oil and pulse to a fine paste..
3. Transfer the paste to a wok and cook over medium-high heat. Add kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass. Stir until fragrant. Add the chicken and cook until the chicken change color..
4. Lower the heat. Add sweet soy sauce, white pepper powder, sugar, water, and tamarind juice. Simmer until the chicken is tender and the sauce is permeated..
5. Place chicken on a hot, preheated greased grill. Rub the ground spices on the chicken. Grill the chicken until the skin is caramelized. Turn over. Do the same to the other side. Be careful not to burn it..
6. Serve with warm rice, sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce. Don’t forget the ‘sambal trasi’! 😋.

It tastes very good, a combination of fresh spices like shallot, garlic, galangal, turmeric, lemon grass and sweet soy sauce. It is eaten with another dishes like fried fish, fried tofu and tempe, perkedel jagung. Here is another ayam bakar (grilled chicken) recipe, this time from the city of Solo. to death! If you are not a fan, just reduce the amount of kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce) used in the recipe (and maybe even skip the palm sugar while you are at it), but perhaps follow the recipe as is and give. Cumi Bakar Kecap - Indonesian Grilled Squids with Kecap Manis - recipe by me.