Opor Ayam

Original Cooking from Central Java, Indonesia

Chicken in creamy thick coconut milk. Actually served on special occasions

Ingredients :
1 chicken, 1 kg
6 shallots, 60 g
4 cloves garlic, 20 g
4 candlenuts, 20 g
5 g turmeric
10 g ginger
2 Tbs cooking oil, 20 ml, for stir frying
10 g galangal, bruised
2 stalks lemon grass, 15 cm each, bruised
2 salam leaves
600 ml thick coconut milk
1 tsp salt, 4 g (or to taste)
1 tsp brown sugar, 5 g
5 Tbs crisply fried shallot slices

Methods :

1. Cut chicken in 10 pieces.
2. Make shallots, garlic, candlenuts, turmeric, and ginger into a paste. Stir fry until aromatic. Add galangal, lemon grass, salam leaves, and chicken pieces. Continue cooking until chicken changes color.
3. Pour in coconut milk. Season with salt and brown sugar. Continue cooking until chicken is done.
4. When serving top with crisply fried shallot slices.

Note : 8 - 10 servings

Source : Selera Magazine, Maret 1994