Roasted Rendang Chicken

Monday, 16 May 2016 | 19:38 WIB
Roasted rendang chicken is a fusion dish that mixes javanese roasting technique with padangnese rendang sauce. it gives a unique sensation in the chicken. cook it at home and enjoy it with your family.

Roasted Rendang Chicken

Ingredients

1 whole chicken, butterflied
1 turmeric leaf, knotted
2 salam leaves
2 lime leaves, midribs removed,finely chopped
2 asam kandis (can be substituted with 1 1/2 glasses of tamarind juice)
300 ml coconut cream from ½ coconut
750 ml coconut milk from ½ coconut
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar

ground spices blend:
10 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
10 curly red chili peppers
4 large red chili peppers
1/4 teaspoon coriander seeds
1/4 teaspoon white pepper powder
2 cm ginger
2 cm galangal
2 cm turmeric

Cooking Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 180oC.
  2. Bring the mixture of coconut milk, ground spices blend, turmeric leaf, salam leaves, lime leaves, and asam kandis to boil.
  3. Add in butterflied chicken. Sprinkle salt and sugar. 
  4. Cook it over low heat until the rendang sauce is highly reduced and thickened.
  5. Pour in coconut cream. Stir it until the sauce is thickened and oily. Remove it from heat.
  6. Remove chicken from the sauce. Place it on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.
  7. Roast chicken in the oven over the lower (baking) element for 50 minutes until cooked. Remove chicken from the oven.
  8. Roasted rendang chicken is ready to serve.