Sometimes my husband wants to eat spicy food, accompanied with steamed rice (and a glass of red wine), but not too crazily spicy. So then I cook food from my beloved island: Bali. The recipe is called: Balinese spiced chicken with red sauce. Here we are:
Ingredients:
2 big chicken breasts, cut it into 12 pieces (us Asians, we like if the bone is still in the meat; more tasty)
1 cm lengkuas (galangal or laos), smashed
1 bay leaf
2 kaffir lime leaves
2 tomatoes, each cut into 8 pieces
2 tbsp of sweet soy sauce
1/4 cup of home made chicken stock (or you can use canned chicken stock or water)
Ingredients for the red sauce:
7 big red chillies
2 small red chillies (you can add more if you like spicy food)
5 pieces of shallot
4 cloves of garlic
2cm ginger
4 pieces of candle nuts
1/2 tsp shrimp paste (tastes better if you fry this without oil in the pan)
Method:
1. Season the chicken with salt (1 teaspoon), let it sit for 10 minutes.
2. In the food processor bowl, combine all the ingredients of the red sauce, and blend it until smooth.
3. In a medium-sized pan, heat the oil over a medium-high heat. Fry the chicken until half done, take it out. Set aside.
4. In the same pan, take all the oil out except for around 2 table spoons, stir the red sauce until fragrant, add the galangal, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, stock, and the chicken. Stir all together and cover it and leave it to simmer for around 5 minutes on a medium heat.
5. After 5 minutes, add the tomatoes and sweet soy sauce, stir it occasionally and leave it to simmer for another 10 minutes on a medium heat, or until the chicken is tender.
Selamat makan!
Eet smakelijk!
