Chicken Rendang (Dry)
Chicken Rendang (Dry)

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken rendang (dry). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Rendang, or Rendang Ayam is a lip-smacking Indonesian dry curry that's loaded with tender chicken simmered with a spice paste and coconut milk until there's almost no sauce left. At this point, the remaining sauce is caramelize around the chicken along with roasted coconut to create an ultra-flavorful coating around each piece of chicken. One of the typical ingredients in making Malaysian chicken rendang is the inclusion of kerisik (toasted grated coconut), and relatively shorter cooking time than the Indonesian version.

Chicken Rendang (Dry) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Chicken Rendang (Dry) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken rendang (dry) using 20 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Rendang (Dry):
  1. Take Chicken portion for 2 people
  2. Make ready 3 Kaffir lime leaves
  3. Prepare 1/2 can coconut milk (use the creamer part)
  4. Make ready Kerisik (Desiccated Coconut)
  5. Prepare 2 tsp salt
  6. Prepare 1 tsp gula melaka
  7. Get –Chili Paste—
  8. Get 3 red chilies (Deseeded)
  9. Prepare 5 dried chilies (Deseeded)
  10. Get 1 tbsp water
  11. Prepare ————-
  12. Take –Spice Paste—
  13. Prepare 4 shallots
  14. Prepare 4 cloves garlic
  15. Prepare 2 inches Galangal
  16. Get 1 inch ginger
  17. Get 2 stalks lemongrass (middle part)
  18. Take 1 tsp turmeric powder
  19. Take 1 tbsp water
  20. Take ————

Do check out the video below or click the link for the detailed recipe. Let's take a look at some of the distinct flavors that go into this Chicken Rendang. Add the Rendang paste, lemongrass and kaffir leaves and stir fry till fragrant. Add in the chicken pieces and combine well with the paste.

Instructions to make Chicken Rendang (Dry):
  1. Season the chicken with salt and leave aside.
  2. Dry fry the kerisik until golden, pound in mortar and set aside.
  3. Soak dried chilies in hot water till soft.
  4. Add dried, red chilies and 1 tbsp water and blend into chili paste. Set aside.
  5. Add spice ingredients to make spice paste. Set aside.
  6. In a wok, add oil. Crush the lemongrass head and galangal, add them into the wok.
  7. Add chili paste. then spice paste. Cook for 5 mins until it dry out a little bit.
  8. Add chicken.
  9. Add thick milk.
  10. Add kaffir leaves, and then gula melaka.
  11. Add kerisik into the wok.
  12. Add shredded kaffir leaves and turmeric leaves in.
  13. Add salt to taste and cook for another 10 mins.
  14. Serve.

This is a simpler wet Chicken Rendang (Rendang Ayam) recipe that can be prepared at home at any occasions. It requires much less time to cook compared to traditional dry Rendang which usually takes hours to completely evaporate all the liquid. Rendang is a popular cuisine in many Southeast Asia countries. Rendang is made from beef (or occasionally chicken, mutton, water buffalo, duck, or vegetables like jackfruit or cassava) slowly cooked in coconut milk and spices for several hours until almost all the liquid is gone, allowing the meat to absorb the spicy condiments. The cooking process changes from boiling to frying as the liquid evaporates.

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