Ayam Goreng Kuning (Fried Chicken)

Posted by Lisa on Saturday, February 24, 2007. Filed under:

This is the traditional and the most common way of Indonesians preparing Fried Chicken. The main spices used in this style of fried chicken is garlic, ginger, candlenuts, coriander, pepper and of couse turmeric that will gives the yellow colour. You can go with only those spices I mentioned if you cannot find the other spices required in the real recipe.

There are two phrase of cooking the chicken. First is simmering the chicken along with the paste-spices and water. And the second one is the deep-frying. The simmering part make the chicken already cooked and tender. We just need a short deep frying to make it dry.

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
1 piece of lemongrass, take only the white part, and crush it.
2 salam leaves (indonesian bay leaves)
salt
1 cup of water
oil for deep frying

Grounded spices:
6 garlics
1 tsp coriander seeds
2 inches fresh turmeric (1/2 tsp turmeric powder)
3 inches galangal
2 inches ginger
1 tsp white pepper

Marinate the chicken pieces in the pasted-spices for about 1 hour. In a pot, boil the chicken along with the spice paste with low heat. Add salt, lemon grass, salam leaves and water. Cook with a lid until all the water has gone in low heat.

Remove from stove and let it cool.

Heat enough cooking oil in a pan. Deep fried the cooked chicken pieces until golden yellow. Remove from oil, and drain it with kitchen towel.

The best way to enjoy this dish is with hot steamed white rice, accompanied with 'lalap' (fresh raw vegetables : cabbage, cucumber, kemangi leaves, and sliced tomato). And don't forget the hot red chilli Sambal (remember... Sambal not Sambar ;-p).

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4 Responses to Ayam Goreng Kuning (Fried Chicken)

  1. BuddingCook
    February 24, 2007 11:06 PM

    Just stumbled on your blog everything looks delicious. :) will come back.

  2. Shilpa
    February 26, 2007 4:15 PM

    Oh wow, this reminds me a lot of something my neighbour used to cook often when I was still living in Singapore! :) Let me guess, turmeric, ginger and garlic? Recipe pleeeeease!!!!

  3. Lisa
    March 11, 2007 7:36 AM

    To Buddingcook
    Thanks for visiting. I wil visit back as soon as possible..

    To Shilpa
    Yes, you're right.. hahaha.

  4. Lior Albeck-Ripka
    March 10, 2008 7:54 AM

    just got back from Sumatra and ate lots of ayam goreng and loved it. going to try and cook it tonight but wondering what Ayam Goreng Kalasan is?
    thanks so much,

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