Malaysia

Ayam Percik

Name: Ayam Percik
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 1 kg Chicken pieces; 300 ml Coconut milk; spice paste Shallots, garlic, dried chilli; 1 each Lemongrass & galangal; 1 tbsp each Tamarind & palm sugar; 1 tsp Turmeric

Grilled chicken with coconut-chilli sauce from Kelantan

Ayam percik is a speciality of Kelantan and Terengganu in north-eastern Malaysia: grilled chicken brushed with a creamy coconut-chilli sauce.

While grilling, the sauce is repeatedly basted on (percik = to splash) until the meat is glossy and intensely aromatic.

Servings4

Time60 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Chicken pieces1 kg
Coconut milk300 ml
Shallots, garlic, dried chillispice paste
Lemongrass & galangal1 each
Tamarind & palm sugar1 tbsp each
Turmeric1 tsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Fry the spice paste with lemongrass and galangal.
Reduce with coconut milk, tamarind and palm sugar into a sauce.
Pre-cook or marinate the chicken.
Grill over coals or in the oven, basting repeatedly with sauce.
Serve with the remaining sauce and rice.

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Coconut milk and galangal for ayam percik are in the Asia Boutique.

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