How to Prepare Ultimate Chicken in Spicy Tamarind Sauce (Ayam Asam Pedas)

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken in spicy tamarind sauce (ayam asam pedas) using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken in Spicy Tamarind Sauce (Ayam Asam Pedas):

1. Take 350 g Chicken Meat (boneless, cut into pieces)
2. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt (marinate)
3. Prepare Sambal Paste (blend well);
4. Prepare 20 g Dried Chilli (deseed, rehydrated)
5. Get 40 g Shallots
6. Get 20 g Garlic
7. Prepare 20 g Ginger Root
8. Get 20 g Galangal Root
9. Take 20 g Turmeric Root
10. Prepare 20 g Fermented Shrimp Paste (Belacan)
11. Get 20 g Lemongrass Stalk (white part)
12. Prepare Aromatics;
13. Make ready 2 stalk Ginger Flower (slice in half)
14. Prepare 2 stalk Lemongrass (bruised)
15. Prepare 10 sprigs Vietnamese Mint (Daun Kesum)
16. Get Other Ingredients;
17. Make ready 3 Tbsp Cooking Oil
18. Make ready 1 Tbsp Sugar
19. Take 1.5 cup Water
20. Take 100 g Okra
21. Prepare 2 pc Tomatoes (quartered)
22. Take 10 g Vietnamese Mint leaves (finely chopped, garnish)

Instructions to make Chicken in Spicy Tamarind Sauce (Ayam Asam Pedas):

1. MARINATE; Salt the chicken and set aside for 30 minutes or more.
2. COOK THE PASTE; heat 3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil until hot, then add the Sambal Paste. Cook the Paste until the oil separates.
3. TAMARIND; once the oil separates, add the Tamarind juice, Aromatics, Sugar and mix well. Bring it to a gentle boil and cover with a lid. Cook for 5 minutes and stirring occasionally.
4. CHICKEN; After 5 minutes, DISCARD the Aromatics, turn down the heat to a Simmer and then add in the Chicken. Cover with a lid and cook for 5 minutes while stirring occasionally.
5. VEGGIES; after 5 minutes, add the tomatoes and okra. Cover with lid and cook for 2 minutes. After that, remove the lid and season with Salt if necessary.
6. OPTIONAL; the dish is basically done but if you want to thicken the gravy, simply continue to simmer without a lid for another 5-10 minutes. You might want to remove the Okra and set it aside but you can leave the tomatoes and chicken in.
7. SERVE with cooked rice and garnish with Vietnamese Mint leaves.

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