Exotic Indonesian Style Chicken Food

INDONESIAN-STYLE BREAST OF CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the chicken in a mixing bowl. Add salt, pepper, soy sauce, honey, lemon juice, cumin, cayenne, turmeric, coriander and garlic. Blend well so that the pieces are well coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
• Heat the oil in a skillet large enough to hold the pieces in one layer without crowding. Over medium heat, add the pieces of chicken and cook until browned on one side. Turn the pieces and reduce the heat to medium high. Cook until done. Total cooking time is about 10 minutes. After the pieces are cooked, transfer them to paper towels and keep them in a warm place. Serve hot.

ERIN'S INDONESIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Bring the rice and water to boil in a pot. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Place green beans in a pot fitted with a steamer basket over boiling water, and steam 10 minutes, or until tender but crisp.
• Heat the oil in a skillet, and cook the chicken 5 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear.
• Mix the chicken broth, peanut butter, honey, soy sauce, chile paste, lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir 5 minutes, until slightly thickened. Mix in the green beans. Serve over rice. Garnish with green onions and peanuts.

EXOTIC INDONESIAN STYLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Step 1.
• Prepare the marinade: Combine all ingredients [vinegar, lemon, garlic, onion, oregano, curry powder, Tabasco sauce] in a saucepan. Stir and heat, but only until sauce boils. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Step 2.
• Season the chickens lightly with salt and pepper to taste. Place them in a baking pan. Cover with about ?rd of the marinade.
• Step 3.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. Add a little water to pan if the marinade starts to burn. Turn chicken over and spoon on rd more of the marinade.
• Step 4.
• Bake an additional 30-45 minutes, or until chickens are tender.
• Step 5.
• Add more marinade and water as needed during the cooking.

EXOTIC INDONESIAN-STYLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Prepare the baste marinade: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan.
• Stir and heat, but only until sauce boils.
• Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Season the chickens lightly with salt and pepper to taste.
• Place them in a baking pan skin side down.
• Cover with about 1/3 of the marinade.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.
• Add a little water to pan if the marinade starts to burn.
• Turn chicken over (now skin side should be up) and spoon on 1/3 more of the marinade.
• Bake an additional 30-45 minutes, or until chickens are tender.
• Add more marinade and water as needed during the cooking.
• If there is any leftover marinade, gently reheat it and serve as a sauce to be passed around at the table.
• This recipe freezes with no problems.

EXOTIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rub paprika over chicken pieces. Place garlic and green onions in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
• Place chicken pieces on top of onions and garlic. Place potatoes on top of the chicken pieces.
• Heat Sauce ingredients in a saucepan until it just starts to boil. Pour sauce over potatoes and chicken.
• Cover and bake at 375* for 1 hour and 15 mins or until potatoes are tender. Uncover and add peas. Recover and bake 15 more minutes.

FRIED CHICKEN (AYAM GORENG) - INDONESIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Marinate the pieces of chicken in this mixture for 2 hours, turning them from time to time.
• Strain the chicken, so that the marinade drips away from it.
• Deep fry chicken OR pan fry the portions until sealed and cooked on the outside and then cook in oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

INDONESIAN SPICED CHICKEN WITH RUJAK

Steps:

• Note: if marinating chicken overnight, wait till a few hours before cooking chicken to prepare Rujak.
• Prepare Rujak: Peel and section the grapefruit, reserving the juice.
• Combine reserved juice with lemon juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, and chili powder.
• Add pineapple, mango, apple, and cucumber, spooning juices over the other fruits to coat.
• Cover and chill for several hours.
• Prepare the chicken: Combine onion, garlic, soy, oil, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, ginger, and black pepper.
• Place chicken pieces in plastic bag inside a deep bowl, and add marinade to bag.
• Seal bag and marinate chicken for several hours or overnight, turning bag occasionally.
• Before cooking, drain marinade; pat chicken pieces dry.
• Place marinade in a saucepan and bring to a boil; boil 5 minutes; cool slightly before using as a baste on chicken.
• Place chicken pieces, bone side down, on a grill with medium-hot coals; grill 30-35 minutes, turning often and basting with marinade the last 10 minutes.
• Serve chicken with Rujak.