Grilled Chicken with Spicy Balado Sambal
1 whole chicken,cut into 8 pieces
1 tablespoon lime juice
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper powder
ground spices blend:
12 cloves shallot
5 curly red chili peppers
3 red bird’s eye chili peppers
2 cm turmeric,toasted,
2 cm ginger
8 candlenuts, toasted
balado sambal ingredients:
3 lime leaves, midribs removed
1 red tomato, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
100 ml cooking oilfor sautéing
coarsely ground spices blend:
5 large red chili peppers
6 curly red chili peppers
5 cloves shallot
1. Marinate chicken with lime juice. Let it set for 10 minutes. Wash it until clean.
2. Bring the mixture of water and ground spices blend to a boil.
3. Add chicken. Cook it until the spices blend is absorbed into the chicken and the sauce is thickened. Remove it from heat. Grill it until browned.
4. Balado Sambal: sauté coarsely ground spices blend and balado sambal ingredients. Stir until fragrant. Remove balado sambal from heat.
5. Coat grilled chicken with balado sambal. Serve it immediately.