Ayam Bakar Semur - Broiled Chicken in Nutmeg and Sweet Soy Sauce

Method8 steps · about 1 hr

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   Step 1: Grind the shallots (100 gram), garlic (4 cloves), ginger (1-inch piece) and candlenuts (4) into a smooth paste. Heat the oil (2 tablespoon) in a wok over medium heat and sauté the paste with the Indonesian bay leaves (2), cinnamon, cloves (2), cumin (1/4 teaspoon), nutmeg (1/2 teaspoon) and ground pepper (1/2 teaspoon) until fragrant, about 5 minutes.

   Fry semur spice paste and spices · 5 minUses 100 gram shallot (Indonesian: bawang merah) · 4 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih) · 1-inch piece ginger · 4 candlenuts · 2 tablespoon oil · 2 Indonesian bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam) · 1 cinnamon stick (Indonesian: kayu manis) · 2 whole cloves (Indonesian: cengkeh)

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   Step 2: Add chicken pieces and fry until no longer pink. Then, add tomatoes (1) and stir until they start to wilt.

   Uses fried semur spice paste and whole spices · 10-12 pieces of chicken drumsticks and/or thighs · 1 tomato (60 gram / 2 oz), cut into wedges

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   Step 3: Stir in the water (1 cup), salt (1 1/2 teaspoon) and sweet soy sauce (4 tablespoon). Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook until the chicken is tender and reaches 74°C/165°F in the thickest part away from bone, about 30 minutes.

   Simmer chicken · 30 minUses chicken, tomato and fried semur aromatics · 1 cup water · 1 1/2 teaspoon salt · 4 tablespoon sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis)

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   Step 4: Line a broiler-safe baking sheet with aluminium foil. Remove the cooked chicken from the wok and arrange it on the sheet, leaving the sauce in the wok.

   Uses cooked semur chicken and braising sauce

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   Step 5: Turn the heat to medium-high and continue cooking the sauce until it thickens into a basting sauce consistency. It should look like a barbeque sauce. Turn off the heat, and strain to get a smooth sauce.

   Uses remaining semur braising sauce in wok

   
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   Step 6: Preheat the oven broiler.

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   Step 7: Brush the cooked chicken with the prepared basting sauce and broil until slightly charred, about 4–5 minutes per side. Turn, baste and repeat on the second side, watching closely.

   Broil semur chicken: each side · 5 minUses cooked chicken on foil-lined sheet · thickened strained semur basting sauce

   
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   Step 8: Serve: Serve the chicken immediately with steamed white rice and any remaining basting sauce.

   Uses broiled semur chicken · remaining prepared basting sauce · Ready steamed white rice to serve (optional, quantity unspecified)