The Best Indonesian Sweet Soy Chicken - Ayam Kecap
The best Indonesian chicken in sweet soy sauce that you'll ever make. You can't go wrong to serve this easy-to-make chicken dish. Because everybody will just love it ?.
Servings: 6
Equipment
- Mixing bowls.
- Large frying pan
- Slotted spoon
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ pounds chicken. Boneless or with bones. Cut in pieces.
- 3 tablespoons tamarind juice
- 1 teaspoon salt for the marinade.
- 2 onion medium size. Sliced
- 2 cloves garlic Finely sliced
- 2 red or green chilli Sliced diagonally
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper
- 1/3 cup Indonesian sweet soy sauce see the note.
- Cooking oil.
Instructions
- Marinade the chicken with tamarind juice and salt. Pierce the meat by using a skewer or fork. Set aside and leave it to rest for about half an hour.
- When you're ready to cook, heat the oil on a wok or frying pan. And start deep-frying or steam-frying the chicken. For the latter one, you heat two tablespoons of oil on a frying pan and fry the chicken pieces until they turn opaque. Then turn the heat down and put the lid on the pan to steam-cook the poultry.
- If you use boneless chicken, it will normally take about 12-15 minutes to deep-fry. If you use chicken with bone, it may take slightly longer. Around 20-25 minutes. Set aside.
- Then, fry the onions in a pan with 4-5 tablespoons of cooking oil until it's light golden in colour. Add in the sliced garlic and chillies. Continue to fry for about 3 minutes before you put the sweet soy sauce, black pepper and salt in.
- Cook further about 3-5 minutes until you see the sauce bubbling. Lastly, add in the fried chicken. Stir until all the meat coated with soy sauce. Let it cook and simmer for about 3 minutes before you turn the heat off.
Notes
- I normally multi-task things to save time. So, I would prepare the chicken first. When I start frying it, I will then get the sauce ready. Usually, the fried chicken will be ready at the same time the soy sauce is ready.
- If you can not get Kecap Manis, you can mix ¼ cup of dark soy sauce and 3 tablespoons of honey or dark soft brown sugar/ dark muscovado sugar.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 686mg | Potassium: 280mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg
Disclaimer
Nutritional info in this recipe is only estimate using online calculator. You should refer to it as a guide only. Please verify with your own data if you seek an accurate info.