Garang Asem

30m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Place banana leaf on the bottom of the rice cooker pot.
  2. 2Add chicken, sliced red onions, sliced garlic, diced tomato, bay leaves, lemongrass, galangal, ginger, salt, chicken broth, and coconut milk.
  3. 3Cover with banana leaf.
  4. 4Cook for 30 minutes.
  5. 5Grind cayenne pepper, shrimp paste, salt, and chicken broth with mortar and pestle.
  6. 6Add tomato and palm sugar and grind again.
  7. 7Add lime juice.
  8. 8Pour the cooked chicken into a serving dish.
  9. 9Serve with rice and sambal.

Ingredients

  • 5 pieces chicken
  • 6 red onion
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 piece red tomato
  • 1 piece green tomato / bilimbi
  • bay leaves
  • lemongrass
  • galangal
  • ginger
  • salt
  • chicken broth
  • 350 ml coconut milk
  • cayenne pepper
  • shrimp paste
  • palm sugar
  • lime

Equipment

rice cookermortar and pestle

Tips

  • If you don't have bilimbi, you can use green tomatoes for the sour taste.
  • Don't forget the shrimp paste for the sambal to add that extra oomph.