Indonesian Chicken
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 lbs bone-in chicken breasts
- 2 onions, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 8 almonds, blanched and peeled
- 1 (14 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised and cut into 2 inch pieces (may sub 1 tbsp. lemon zest)
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon hot chili sauce (I used sambal oelek)
- hot cooked rice (I like jasmine rice)
directions
- Brown chicken in oil in skillet over med/high heat.
- Place chicken in crockpot with lemongrass (or lemon zest).
- Drain all oil except 1 tbsp from pan.
- Over medium heat, cook onions until soft.
- Add ginger, garlic, almonds, coriander, and turmeric, cooking until spices are fragrant.
- Stir in coconut milk.
- Pour mixture in food processor or blender and process until smooth.
- Pour puree over chicken in the crockpot.
- Cover crockpot and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours or until chicken is cooked through.
- Using a slotted spoon, gather lemongrass from crockpot, and discard.
- Stir together soy sauce, brown sugar, and sambal oelek in a small bowl and add to chicken.
- Serve chicken with steamed jasmine rice, if desired.
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Reviews
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this is good. real good. i made this for curry night at a friend's house tonight. i am tempted to blow the party off so that i don't have to share! really, really good. i tripled the sambal oelek and used boneless thighs because i like it soupy and spicy. next time i might add some carrots and tomatoes toward the end of cooking just for some color and different texture. thanks so much for this recipe. and i thank you in advance for all of your other recipes i have bookmarked for later. yum.
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Just the wonderful recipe that I would expect from SueL! I did this on the stove, using boneless thighs. I used powdered lemongrass and substituted Splenda for the brown sugar. I used a good heaping tbsp. of the sambal oelek, which made it perfect for me, but I put the jar on the table for DH, because he's addicted to hot sauce! A terrific recipe, thanks, Sue!
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