Indonesia

Nasi Bakar

Name: Nasi Bakar
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 500 g Cooked rice; 200 g Chicken meat; some of each Sambal & spice paste; 4 Banana leaves; 1 bunch Thai basil (kemangi); some of each Shallots & garlic

Spiced rice grilled in banana leaf

Nasi bakar is spiced Indonesian rice wrapped in banana leaves and grilled over charcoal.

Filled with chicken, sambal and basil, the rice takes on the smoky aroma of the leaf.

Servings4

Time60 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Cooked rice500 g
Chicken meat200 g
Sambal & spice pastesome of each
Banana leaves4
Thai basil (kemangi)1 bunch
Shallots & garlicsome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Fry the spice paste and cook the chicken in it.
Mix rice with the paste, sambal and basil.
Wrap in banana leaves and pin shut.
Grill the parcels over charcoal.
Cook until the leaf is fragrant and charred.

Make it original

Sambal and banana leaves are in the Asia Boutique.

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