Tastes Like Chicken! Recipes
(From Chicken Recipes Compiled Since 1992)

Javanese-Style Chicken (Ayam Goreng)

Category: Main Dishes

Servings: Makes 4 servings

Description: Hot and tangy chicken cooked in a tamarind-spiced sauce and fried.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 C water
• 1 T tamarind pulp or powder (or 2 T lemon juice)
• 2 t ground coriander
• 1 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t ground turmeric
• 6 blanched whole almonds
• 1 small onion, quartered
• 1 clove garlic, quartered
• 2 small jalapeños, halved and seeded
• 1 stalk lemongrass (or 3 strips lemon peel)
• 2 large chicken breasts, quartered
• 3 T oil
• 3 C hot cooked rice

Instructions:

1. Blend water, tamarind, spices, almonds, onion, garlic, and peppers until smooth.
2. Simmer mixture with lemongrass and chicken 5 minutes until thick.
3. Remove chicken and discard lemongrass. Reserve sauce.
4. Brown chicken in oil 15–20 minutes. Serve with rice mixed with reserved sauce.