Malaysia

Ayam Pansuh

Name: Ayam Pansuh
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 800 g Chicken pieces; 3 stalks Lemongrass; some of each Ginger & garlic; several Tapioca or banana leaves; 1 Bamboo tube; to taste Salt

Chicken cooked in bamboo from Sarawak

Ayam pansuh is an Iban dish from Sarawak on Borneo, in which chicken is cooked inside a bamboo tube.

Lemongrass, ginger and the aromatic tapioca leaf give the chicken its unmistakable fragrance.

Servings4

Time60 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Chicken pieces800 g
Lemongrass3 stalks
Ginger & garlicsome of each
Tapioca or banana leavesseveral
Bamboo tube1
Saltto taste

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Mix the chicken with lemongrass, ginger and garlic.
Line the bamboo tube with leaves.
Fill in the chicken and seal.
Cook over open fire or in the oven.
Tip out of the tube into a bowl and serve.

Make it original

Lemongrass is in the Asia Boutique.

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