Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken in coconut milk (opor ayam). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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.
CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam) is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken in coconut milk (opor ayam) using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK (Opor Ayam):
- Take 4 chicken big drum sticks cut into 2 pieces
- Prepare 1 tablespoons tamarind juice
- Take 1 teaspoon salt
- Get 3 tablespoons oil
- Get 1 stalk lemon grass, bruised
- Get 3 kaffir lime leaves
- Take 1-2 salam leaves (or by leaf)
- Prepare 750 cc thin coconut milk
- Make ready 250 cc thick coconut milk
- Prepare Fried shallots
- Take Spices (ground)
- Get 4 cloves garlic
- Prepare 2 big shallots
- Take 5 candlenuts, roasted
- Get 1 teaspoon coriander seeds (powdered)
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoons powdered cumin
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoons powdered pepper
- Take 1/2 tablespoons chopped ginger
- Make ready 1 cm galangel, bruised
- Make ready 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):
- Rub Chicken with 1 tablespoon tamarind juice and 1 teaspoon salt and let it stand for 25minutes. Rinse and drain.
- Ground spices, garlic, shallots, candlenuts, coriander, cumin, pepper, ginger
- The ground spicies
- Heat oil and gently fry ground spices, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves and salam leaf until fragrant
- Add chicken, cook for a few minutes, than pour in thin coconut milk. Bring to the boil.
- After the chicken is half cooked, pour in thick coconut milk.
- 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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