Ayam Betutu (Balinese Betutu Grilled Chicken)

Friday, 27 May 2016 | 19:28 WIB
  • Grilled food has distinctive taste that makes it so tempting. it is rather unique compared to other dishes cooked in different ways. what makes it so unique is smoky flavour infused to the main ingredients mixed with the spices combination. one of the examples is this ayam betutu (balinese betutu grilled chicken). curious enough? let’s cook it at home with our recipe!

    Ayam Betutu (Balinese Betutu Grilled Chicken)
    Ayam Betutu (Balinese Betutu Grilled Chicken)

    Ingredients

    1 whole chicken
    100 grams young cassava leaves,boiled, drained, and chopped
    3 tablespoons cooking oil
    1 whole banana leaf,cut into wrapper.

    ground spices blend:
    12 cloves shallot
    4 cloves garlic
    5 red chili peppers
    4 red bird’s eye chili peppers
    6 candlenuts
    1 cm galangal
    4 cm turmeric
    1 cm ginger
    5 cm lemongrass
    1 teaspoon terasi (shrimp paste),toasted
    1 tablespoon coriander seeds,toasted
    ½ teaspoon nutmeg powder
    2 cm sand ginger
    2½ teaspoons salt

    Cooking Steps

    1. Mix well ground spices blend with cooking oil. Marinate chicken with half of the mixture.
    2. Mix well the remaining ground spices blend mixture with cassava leaves. Stuff chicken with spiced cassava leaves.
    3. Wrap chicken with banana leaf wrappers. Steam it over medium heat for 40 minutes until cooked. Remove it from heat.
    4. Grill wrapped chicken until the leaves are browned and the chicken is well-done and fragrant. Remove it from heat.
    5. Ayam Betutu (Balinese Betutu Grilled Chicken) is ready to serve.

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