Ayam Percik

Name: Ayam Percik
Yield: 4-5 servings to go with rice
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 chicken thighs; 4 tsp turmeric powder; Salt (to taste); 4 pearl onions or shallots; 6 cloves garlic; 1/2 inch ginger; 1/2 inch galangal (or extra ginger as a substitute); 3 tbsp tomato paste; Dried chillies (use as much or as little as you want, I use 5); 3 tbsp cooking oil; 3 stalks lemongrass (bruised); 3/4 cup water; 200 ml coconut milk (santan); Juice from 1 lime; Sugar (to taste)

Gerald Tan @nin1986

Made this ayam percik to go with the quinoa ulam I had made. Ayam percik is essentially a Malaysian grilled chicken. I used the marinade for the chicken to turn it into a drizzle for the grilled chicken.

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Ingredients

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4-5 servings to go with rice

5chicken thighs
4 tspturmeric powder
Salt (to taste)
4pearl onions or shallots
6 clovesgarlic
1/2 inchginger
1/2 inchgalangal (or extra ginger as a substitute)
3 tbsptomato paste
Dried chillies (use as much or as little as you want, I use 5)
3 tbspcooking oil
3 stalkslemongrass (bruised)
3/4 cupwater
200 mlcoconut milk (santan)
Juice from 1 lime
Sugar (to taste)

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Steps

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1

Rub the chicken with salt and turmeric powder. Set aside.
2

Blend the shallots, garlic, ginger, galangal, tomato paste, dried chillies and cooking oil to form a paste.
3

Fry the paste in a wok until the sauce splits (pecah minyak). I wait till I sneeze then I know it's ready.
4

Add in the lemongrass stalks to the wok and fry for a little while.
5

Add in the water, coconut milk and the chicken. Give everything a good stir and leave it to simmer.
6

Meanwhile, heat a griddle pan on maximum heat over the stove. You can also use an oven grill.
7

When the chicken is about half-way cooked, take the chicken thighs out of the wok and grill them on the griddle pan. Drizzle some sauce on the chicken as you are grilling them. About 3 mins on each side should be enough to cook the chicken and get a nice char.
8

Allow the sauce in the wok to thicken to your liking, season with some salt (if needed), sugar and lime juice. Drizzle over grilled chicken.