Ayam Goreng Kroya

Original Cooking from Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia

Java southern coast fried chicken

Ingredients :
500 g chicken
3 cloves garlic, 15 g
2 red chillies, 20 g
4 candlenuts, 20 g
5 g turmeric
10 g ginger
10 g galangal
1 stalk lemon grass, 15 cm, cut finely
2 salam leaves
100 ml thick coconut milk
1 tsp salt, 4 g (or to taste)
200 ml cooking oil, for frying

Method :

1. Cut chicken into serving pieces.
2. Make garlic, red chillies, candlenuts, turmeric, ginger, galangal, and lemon grass into a paste. Mix with chicken pieces, add salam leaves, pour in coconut milk. Season with salt. Mix well. Put chickent and spices into a heat proof dish and steam until done.
3. Fry chicken pieces until brownish. Take from flame and drain.

Note :
4 servings

Source : Selera Magazine, Juny 1994, Indonesia