CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam)
CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam)

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken in coconut milk (opor ayam). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Opor Ayam (Chicken Cooked in Coconut Milk) recipe, this video is dedicated to my dearest future Mother in Law. But, everyone can watch as well. Opor ayam is very mild compared to many Indonesian dishes.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chicken in coconut milk (opor ayam) using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam):
  1. Take 4 chicken big drum sticks cut into 2 pieces
  2. Make ready 1 tablespoons tamarind juice
  3. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
  4. Make ready 3 tablespoons oil
  5. Prepare 1 stalk lemon grass, bruised
  6. Take 3 kaffir lime leaves
  7. Make ready 1-2 salam leaves (or by leaf)
  8. Make ready 750 cc thin coconut milk
  9. Prepare 250 cc thick coconut milk
  10. Get Fried shallots
  11. Prepare Spices (ground)
  12. Make ready 4 cloves garlic
  13. Prepare 2 big shallots
  14. Prepare 5 candlenuts, roasted
  15. Get 1 teaspoon coriander seeds (powdered)
  16. Take 1/2 teaspoons powdered cumin
  17. Make ready 1/2 teaspoons powdered pepper
  18. Take 1/2 tablespoons chopped ginger
  19. Take 1 cm galangel, bruised
  20. Get Salt and sugar

According to her Opor Ayam is a traditional dish of celebration at Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, in Java. The base of the recipe is a floral paste of ground nuts (she used macadamian I used cashew), coriander, tumeric and garlic to which coconut milk is added and allowed to simmer. ml coconut milk, depending on how thick you prefer it to be. Boil the eggs and peel, set aside. Sauté the tofu in oil until lightly brown.

Steps to make CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam):
  1. Rub Chicken with 1 tablespoon tamarind juice and 1 teaspoon salt and let it stand for 25minutes. Rinse and drain.
  2. Ground spices, garlic, shallots, candlenuts, coriander, cumin, pepper, ginger
  3. The ground spicies
  4. Heat oil and gently fry ground spices, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves and salam leaf until fragrant
  5. Add chicken, cook for a few minutes, than pour in thin coconut milk. Bring to the boil.
  6. After the chicken is half cooked, pour in thick coconut milk.
  7. Simmer over low heat until the ingredients are cooked. Season with salt and sugar to taste. Sprinkle with fried shallots and serve with rice. And I add some boiled eggs.

Opor ayam is one of the popular Javanese chicken dishes. Opor refers to the method of cooking/braising in coconut milk. Opor is almost similar to sayur lodeh, or gulai such as gulai nangka or gulai telur, gulai tempeh, but not quite the same. Add thick coconut milk and tamarind juice. Halfway through cooking add kaffir lime leaves and seasoning to taste.

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