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ihabplanet
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A method to refine and reuse frying oil used for sweets and salty foods like French fries, ensuring the oil remains clean and safe for reuse multiple times without reaching the smoke point.
Difficulty:
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Cooking Time:
30 mins
Prep Time:
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Chicken Tongseng
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A savory and slightly sweet Indonesian dish perfect for Ramadan, featuring chicken marinated in a blend of soy sauces and spices, cooked with coconut milk and served with rice, pickles, and Emping crackers.
00:45:00 total
Serves 4
medium
Meat Main Course
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Ingredients
- Olagud boneless chicken thigh - 500 g
- lime - 1 (wedge)
- sweet soy sauce - 3 tbsp
- soy sauce - 2 tsp
- chicken powder - 1 tsp
- pepper - ½ tsp
- garlic - 5 (clove)
- shallot - 5 pc
- curly red chili - 8 pc
- candlenut - 2 pc
- ginger - 1 (2 cm piece)
- turmeric - 1 (2 cm piece)
- galangal - 1 (3 cm piece)
- coriander - 1.5 tsp (toasted)
- cumin - 1 tsp (toasted)
- oil - 4 tbsp
- water - 2 tbsp
- red tomato - 1 pc
- cabbage leaf - 6 pc
- green onion - 1 (stalk)
- lemongrass - 1 (stalk)
- kaffir lime leaf - 3 pc
- bay leaf - 2 pc
- red Thai chili - 15 pc
- coconut milk - 3 tbsp
- salt - 2 tsp
- MSG - 1 tsp
- sugar - 1 tbsp
Instructions
- Marinate the Chicken: Slice the chicken, then marinate with sweet soy sauce, soy sauce, chicken powder, pepper, and lime juice. Mix well and let sit for a while.
- Prepare the Spices: Slice the garlic and shallot. Pound the candlenut, and slice the ginger, galangal, and curly red chili.
- Blend the Spices: In a blender, add garlic, shallot, candlenut, ginger, galangal, turmeric, curly red chili, coriander, cumin, oil, and water. Blend until smooth.
- Sauté the Aromatics: Heat oil. Sauté the shallot, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf, and bay leaf until fragrant, then add the blended spices. Sauté until oily.
- Cook the Chicken: Add chicken and stir-fry until cooked, then slice the tomato, cabbage, and green onion.
- Final Cooking Steps: Add Thai chili, green onion, cabbage, salt, chicken powder, MSG, sugar, and pepper. Stir-fry briefly over high heat. Pour in water and coconut milk. Stir well, then add tomato. Cook briefly.
- Serve: Chicken Tongseng is ready to serve with white rice, pickles, Emping/melinjo crackers, and fried shallots.
