# Ayam Pop

Ayam Pop, a popular Indonesian dish, features chicken cooked in coconut milk and spices, served with sambal and boiled cassava leaves.

- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 pieces chicken thigh
- 3 stalks lemongrass
- 1 piece ginger
- 10 cloves garlic
- 1.5 cups water
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 tomato
- 10 red chilies
- 3 shallots
- 3 cloves garlic
- 0.5 tsp shrimp paste
- 2 tbsp oil
- 3 kaffir lime leaves
- 0.5 cup water
- 2 tbsp coconut milk
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 bunch cassava leaves

## Instructions

1. Place chicken thighs in a pan.
2. Add lemongrass, sliced ginger, and garlic to the pan.
3. Pour in water.
4. Add coconut milk.
5. Add salt.
6. Cover the pan with a lid and cook the chicken until tender.
7. While the chicken is cooking, prepare the sambal by adding chopped tomatoes, red chilies, shallots, garlic, and shrimp paste to a blender.
8. Add oil to the blender ingredients.
9. Blend all ingredients until a smooth paste is formed.
10. Pour the blended sambal paste into a pan.
11. Add kaffir lime leaves to the sambal.
12. Add water to the sambal.
13. Add coconut milk to the sambal.
14. Mix well and cook until the sauce thickens.
15. Add sugar to the sambal.
16. Check on the chicken; it should be cooked through.
17. Remove the cooked chicken from the pan using a skimmer.
18. Remove the aromatics from the chicken broth.
19. Pour the remaining coconut milk into the chicken broth.
20. Add cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce.
21. Boil cassava leaves in a separate pot of water until tender.
22. Drain the boiled cassava leaves.
23. Serve the cooked chicken on a banana leaf with a side of sambal and boiled cassava leaves.
24. Pour the coconut milk sauce over the chicken.

## Equipment

- pan
- lid
- blender
- skimmer
- bowl
- plate
- ladle
- spoon

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSmfAfHMU/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/42aca07a-3287-4dfc-adf0-017315935584
- Extracted: 2026-02-19

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