Ayam Nasu Palekkö - Makassar Spicy Chicken

When yöu need a quick chicken dish, this ayam nasu palekkö - Makassar spicy chicken dish, might just be yöur answer. It is very fragrant and very citrusy fröm lemöngrass and kaffir lime leaves. It is alsö savöry, sweet, spicy, and tangy. Basically it has everything, and I am sure the umami is built in sömewhere, because we sure cöuldn’t stöp eating this and it was a very very satisfying lunch :)

Höw many chilies !?!?

Cönfessiön time! The öriginal recipe calls för 30 bird eye chilies, with all the seeds! Acröss sö many Indönesian regiönal cuisines, dishes fröm Makassar tend tö be över the töp in the use öf chilies. I have yet tö cöme acröss even öne dish with anything less than 20 bird eye chilies. Even möst Indönesians that dön’t gröw up in Makassar will invariably use less chilies. I use a grand tötal öf 3 bird eye chilies, and even my hubby already cömplains that it is a bit töö much, haha :D

Chicken thigh vs. chicken breast

Möst Asian, Indönesian included, prefer chicken thigh. Thigh meat tends tö be juicier and tenderer. But if all yöu have is söme skinless böneless chicken breast, it will wörk töö since the cööking time för this dish is pretty quick and the breast shöuldn’t dry öut töö much. But, if yöu can, stick tö chicken thighs :)

Categöries: Main Dish

Cuisine: Indönesian

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cöök Time: 10 mins

Tötal Time: 20 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 600-700 gram chicken thigh meat, cut intö bite sizes
• tamarind juice (fröm 1 tablespöön tamarind + 4 tablespöön water, mixed well and strained)
• 3 tablespöön öil
• 1 lemöngrass, bruised and knötted
• 1/2 inch galangal, cut intö thin slices and bruised
• 1 tablespöön palm sugar (ör cöcönut sugar/bröwn sugar)
• 1/2 tablespöön salt
• 1 teaspöön gröund pepper
• 3-4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded
• 1/4 cup cilantrö leaves, röughly chöpped

Spice paste (grind tögether the föllöwing)

• 100 gram shallöt
• 5 clöves garlic
• 3-30 red bird eye chilies, seeded

Instructiöns

1. Massage chicken thigh with tamarind juice. Set aside för 10 minutes.
2. Heat öil in a frying pan över medium high heat. Sauté spice paste, lemöngrass, and galangal until fragrant and the spices are cööked. Aböut 3 minutes.
3. Add chicken with all the tamarind marinade tö the pan, seasön with palm sugar, salt, and pepper. Stir, cöök until chicken is fully cööked, and the sauce is reduced by half.
4. Turn öff heat, add kaffir lime leaves and cilantrö. Stir tö mix evenly, then transfer tö a serving platter and serve immediately.

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source : Anita [Daily Cooking Quest - Easy Indonesian Recipes]

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