Spicy Tomato Chicken (Ayam Masak Merah) recipe

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Ingredients

1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
salt to taste
¼ cup dried red chile peppers
3 fresh red chile pepper, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 red onion, chopped
1 (3/4 inch thick) slice fresh ginger root
2 tablespoons sunflower seed oil
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole star anise pods
5 whole cloves
5 cardamom seeds
2 tomatoes, sliced
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 teaspoon white sugar, or to taste
½ cup water

Nutrition Info

462.3 calories
carbohydrate: 15.4 g
cholesterol: 92 mg
fat: 29.7 g
fiber: 3.3 g
protein: 33.6 g
saturatedFat: 6.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 183.1 mg
sugar: 7.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Rub the chicken with turmeric powder and salt. Set aside. Soak the dried red chile peppers in hot water until softened. Blend the softened dried chile, fresh red chile pepper, garlic, onion, and ginger in a blender to a paste.

  2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken in the hot oil until golden on all sides. Remove the chicken from the skillet and set aside. Remove excess oil from the skillet, leaving about 1 tablespoon. Cook and stir the chile paste with the cinnamon, star anise, cloves and cardamom seeds until fragrant. Return the chicken to the skillet. Stir in the water, adding more if needed. Toss in the tomatoes and stir in the ketchup and sugar. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until no the chicken longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 15 minutes. Serve hot.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

This is a Malay/Indonesian dish which is spicy and sweet at the same time. Recipe was passed down to me by my mother-in-law, and although it doesn't quite taste the same as the way she makes it, my husband loves it!

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