Ayam Masak Merah (Tomato Chicken)

This chicken dish is a must have in every feast, like Eid celebrations or weddings. Its a dish originally serves with accompaniment to Nasi Tomato (Rice cooked with Tomato puree). Nontheless, it was a dish that can be savoured with flavoured rice or just hot plain white rice.

There are many versions found and I am sharing with you here on my Mom's version :D Whip it up and share with me your version on the comment column!

Ayam Masak Merah

Prep time: 15mins

Cook time: 15mins 

Serves: 4 pax

**Cooking time is shorter as I had prepared the main sambal chili (click for the recipe)

Ingredients:

8pcs chicken pieces (I used thighs for this recipe)

Salt and Tumeric powder for frying the chicken

Pandan leaves

4-5 slices of Ginger

1 stick Lemon Grass (slit into long halves)

1 medium size Red onion (julienne)

Cinnamon stick

Star Anise

Cloves

Cardamon

Some Cherry Tomatoes

 

Sauce:

1/4cup Sambal 

1/4cup Tomato ketchup

2tbsp Chili Sauce 

1tbsp Meat Curry powder

 

Method: 

1) The chicken pieces are rubbed in with turmeric and salt and are deep fried till golden in colour. Set aside till ready for use. **Deep frying seals the juice as well as it gives the chicken pieces, a firmer texture to every bite. 

2) In a bowl, mix the sambal chili, tomato sauce, chili sauce and meat curry powder and set aside.

3) Heat up wok with oil. Fry in the juliene onions, pandan leaves, lemon grass, ginger slices, cinnamon stick, cloves, star anise and cardomons. Fry till the 

onions caramelised.

 

4) Add in the sauce that you premix earlier. Stir fry at medium heat. Let it simmer. At this point, you can add salt and sugar to taste (not too mich sugar, just enough to balance the sourness from the tomato ketchup)

 

5) Add the fried chicken pieces to the simmering sauce. Switch to low-medium heat. Cover the pot. Let it simmer for further 5mins. This gives the chicken, its rich flavour, with its subtle heat from the chillies, sweet and sour-ish taste from the tomato gravy. 

6) Serves hot. Enjoy!

 

 

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