Ayam Woku -Chicken Woku-

Chicken Woku. My sis been telling me about this but somehow I'm not into chicken but wings lol until I browsed my friend's blog and found Woku. Reading her nice blog and getting lured for cooking it now.

Ingredients
Chicken *I used 8 pieces of frozen wings* 
1 cup of water
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of pepper
1 tsp of sugar 
1 tsp chicken bouillon powder *optional*

Seasoning
3 tbsp sambal oelek * green plastic lid in a jar ready to use* Use fresh red chilies if you have
5 fresh green Thai chili *optional if you want more spicy*
1 big shallots 
5 macadamia nuts
2 tbsp olive oil
Grind them all together using magic bullet into puree

Additional seasoning that brings the fragrant
2 stalks of Lemongrass, couple stalks Asian/lemon basil/ Thai basil leaves and 2-3 kaffir lime leaves, *add turmeric leaves if you have*
Slices of Tomatoes  

Methods
Saute the puree in 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add lemongrass, Asian/lemon basil leaves, turmeric leaves, kaffir lime leaves. 

Add the chicken. Add water. Bring to boil, add salt, pepper, sugar, chicken bouillon powder, bring to taste.
Cooked till the water absorbed, just the thick part left.
Add slices of tomatoes.

Served with jasmine rice!

Opor Ayam Kuning

Opor Ayam Kuning is so yummy!Especially served with Indonesian rice cake a.k.a Lontong. Hubby loves it! And to make it spicier I cooked spicy potatoes with shrimps. They compliment each other.

 Ingredients

Seasoning

1/2 big yellow onion

3-5 cloves of garlic

3-5 macadamia nuts

3tbsp olive oil

2tbsp kosher salt

1tsp of turmeric 

2tbsp pepper

1tsp grind fennel

Grind them all using magic bullet till it turn into puree then saute it

Additional seasoning added 

*once it's cooked in chicken*

Some Lemongrass

couple of bayleaves

couple of kaffir limes

cinnamon 

 1 can of coconut milk

 Method

Boiled the chicken in 3-4 cups of water

 add lemongrass, bayleaves, kaffir limes, cinnamon

Pour the sauted puree once it's boiled, stir well and add coconut milk till it's boiled again. Cook till the chicken tender. I like the chicken over tender if cooking in yellow broth like this.

Bring to taste, you may add pepper, salt, sugar. The more broth then more seasoning.

We like the broth so I put more.

Soto Ayam Lontong

 

Sooo Happy!!!

Lontong is done!

perfect using Indonesian rice cake molds I got when I was in Indonesia.

Woohooo!

This is my beautiful yummy rice cake! named lontong.

  I actually never have soto ayam served with Lontong until I was in Lombok when I ordered soto ayam and got lontong in it! Ahhh so full tho.

Lontong is made from rice, wrapped in banana leaves and boiled for quite long but since I have presto "pressure cooker" so it takes only 40-45min. Awesome!

I used short grained rice, Indian style but I forgot the name of it. 

The thing is we don't like it but we got plenty!Oh boy. 

This is an experiment also n glad I could make it into Lontong and taste better!

I boiled with pinch of lime stone I got from oriental market.  Back in Indonesia, people add it in rice if they make ketupat *coconut leaves rice cake* to make the rice solid n soft.

Usually I eat with hard boiled egg, vermicelli noodles and rice.

If you wanna spicy then add sambal, that would be good choice to eat it with.

To be honest the making of yellow broth this time, I had ready one in a jar, 
it's "Bumbu soto ayam, chicken soup seasoning, Cap Ibu (mother brand)
Resep tradisional asli Indonesia.
Bumbu soto ayam (click that)

I got it in Tampa. Just added a pinch of salt, some kaffir lime leaves, galangal n ginger roots fresh.

Boiled with chicken wings till they are soft.

add potatoes if you like.

Wings & Tempe in Chinese style of cooking

Gotta cook fast but yummy! Here it is! Wings & Tempe in Chinese style of cooking. 

Ingredients

5-8 wings, boiled till tender
1 pack of Tempe, sliced 
1 shallot 
2 garlic
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
2-3 tbsp sweet soy
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp extra hot sauce ABC *optional*
1 green onion for garnish

How to cook 

Set aside the boiled wings. Chopped shallot n garlic. Prepare the pan with 2 tbsp olive oil. Medium heat. Saute garlic, shallot. Add salt. Add wings and cook till the skin got burn little. Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, sweet sauce,sesame oil. Add Tempe. Cook for about 10min. Bring to taste. I added extra hot sauce to make it little bit spicy. Garnish with green onion. Served hot with Jasmine rice!
Bon Appetit.

Chicken Soup

Ingredients :
3-5 chicken wings or any part of the chicken :P
3 chicken smoked apple sausages, sliced
Tofu, sliced
2 potatoes, sliced
2 green onion, sliced
2 green serrano/Jalapeno chili, sliced
cabbages, broccoli, sliced
1.5 cup of water
3-5 cloves of garlic, sliced
1 big shallots,sliced
1-2 tbsp of pepper
1-2 tbsp of salt
1 tbsp of olive oil

How to make :
Prepare the pot and pour 1.5 cup of water and the chicken, bring to boil. Add salt n pepper. once its boiled, turn the stove to low heat.
Prepare the skillet. Saute garlic and shallot in olive oil for about 10min. Add the sausages. Cook for about 10min.
Add potatoes in the pot. Boil till tender then Add the cooked sausages.
Add Tofu. Cabbages and green onion in the last minute.
Ready to be served with warm rice plus sambal bajak if you like spicy.

Grilled Spicy Chicken Wings

The idea of making it is because i don't have anymore fresh chili or even sambal oelek. So i browsed but i forgot which link. I remember the seasoning tho since i made this several times and my hubby loves it. Simple, easy and yummy! Wanna try??

Here is the seasoning i used. Minced garlic, grated ginger *ginger powder is okay*, Tomato Sauce, Sri racha sauce *hot sauce*,Soy sauce, Sweet soy, salt, tabasco or any other hot sauce you have. Marinade the chicken wings for 1hour or over nite would be better.
Grilled or bake will do!

Mie Ayam Bakso Jamur

My heavy snack! Mie Ayam Bakso Jamur! Noodle with chicken, meatballs and mushroom! It's my hubby's fav also! Yummy.

Ingredients
Boneless breast chicken 1 pack chopped
1 onion *I use sweet one* chopped
2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp of pepper
1 tsp of salt
2 cans of button mushroom

Oil sauce
2 tbsp of Olive oil
3 cloves of garlic
2 tbsp of water
1 tbsp of soy sauce

Seasoning
1-2 tbsp of Oyster sauce
1-2 tbsp of Sweet soy sauce

Garnish
Bok Choy, chopped boil just few minutes
Green Onion, chopped
Canton Noodle *choose thin one* Boil till tender. Put aside in a bowl
Ready meatballs, boiled

How to make
Prepare the skillet with 1 tbsp of olive oil. Saute the onion, garlic, pepper n salt. Add the chopped chicken till they are cooked. Add mushroom. Add seasoning. Mix them well. It will be sweet. Put aside
Prepare another skillet for the oil sauce. Add olive oil. saute the garlic, add soy sauce, water. Bring to boil. Put aside.

How to serve
Prepare a bowl. Add the boiled canton noodle. Add the bok choy, green onion, chicken and meatballs. Add sri racha sauce if you like it spicy. Mix them and bon appetite!

Sweet n Spicy Sesame Chicken

Having lunch at Osaka n tasting the sesame chicken hmm nice! Wanna try making it someday i said. Browsing the net for the recipe, found sherry wine that i dont have but well what a hec, just skip it! Who knows the taste is just the same LOL.
Here is the link of the you tube i watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNwxJ44I2Bo

How to make :
Prepare 5 boneless chicken thighs, cut into small pieces, set a side in a bowl.
Prepare the marinade : 2 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp powder chicken bullion, 1 1/2 tsp of sugar, 1/8 tsp of white pepper.
Pour it to the chicken, cover it and marinate for 1hour.

Prepare the coating : 1 cup of flour, 2 eggs *beat them* 1 cup of cornstarch.
Deep small piece of chicken in flour, then eggs then conrstarch. After all done, Prepare the skillet with enough vegetable oil to fry. Fry till they r golden brown * i like to make it crispy so need to fry it longer but dont burn it Lol* Set a side.

The sauce i made is different little bit. I wanna have something spicier. So i add coarse hot chili pepper *korean product* and sri racha sauce :-)

The sauce :
1/4 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of honey
1/4cup of ketchup
2 tbsp of white vinegar
1 tbsp of soy sauce
2-3 tbsp of coarse hot chili pepper
3 tbsp of sri racha

Once the sauce is ready, pour it in a skillet with low heat, pour the chicken, till all chicken covered! Serve with jasmine rice! Yummy!

Opor

Opor, a photo by Flosunshine on Flickr.

Opor Ayam

Opor Ayam 

Chicken in Coconut milk and Rice cake

Eid Mubarak! My first Eid, far from my family and friends didn't make me sad tho. I still could have the same thing. Alhamdulillah. Opor Ayam or Chicken in coconut milk is famous dish for celebrating Eid. 

How to make

Chicken, marinated with lemon juice and salt for about 15min *I used 6 chicken wings

3 candle nuts or macadamia nut 

1 inch ginger root

1 tbsp of coriander powder

3 cloves of garlic

3 shallots

1 tsp of salt

Ground them all and sauted with 2 tbsp of oil in a pot. Add kaffir lime. Lemongrass. Bay leaves. Bring them simmer. Put the chicken. 300-500 coconut milk. Cook till tender.

Serve with rice cake. You can buy it at asian market. Just washed n boiled in pot. Slice smaller when it's cold. Add sambal to make it more spicy.

Wings in Green Chili peppers Sauce

I have lots of green chili peppers. From medium, hot and extra hot *well at least to my taste*. Getting bored making the green chili paste only *since i couldn't make the right one,LOL* so that I cooked with chicken wings. My sister who gave me idea, she said this kind of food is from Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

How to cook :

6 Chicken wings, Cleaned, Marinated in lemon juice and salt for about 15 min.
10 green chili peppers. Any kind will do * I used Jalapeno, serrano and fresno green chili peppers
3 candle nuts *macadamia nuts*
1-3 shallots
3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp of turmuric
1 inch of ginger root *ginger powder maybe is okay*

Ground them all and saute in 3 tbsp of olive oil or veg oil. Add slices of lemongrass, Kaffir lime. Add more salt or Knorr chicken block *optional*.  Cook for 2-5min. Then put the chicken. Mix them well. Add water. Cook till tender. The last add lemon basil leaves. Serve with Jasmine rice.

Pepes Ayam - Steamed Chicken

Ready to be steamed

Finally I got the banana leave! I can use it for cooking, as wrapper only of course, LOL. I got it at Publix, frozen section. Keep it frozen if you don't use it. It will last long. If you wanna use it, thaw for couple of minutes, if it's still can't be folded, put it on the warm stove (flat one) then it will be flexible. Clean it with paper towel before you use.

Preparation :
6 chicken wings *or other parts of chicken. Marinate with salt and lemon juice for about 30 min.
5 mushrooms. Washed n Sliced.
1 lemongrass. Washed n thinned slice.
1 green onion *optional* Chopped
Fresh Lemon basil leaves
2 Bay leaves
6 small green chili peppers *optional

Seasoning :
5-10 red chili peppers
1 inch of ginger
3 candle nut *macadamia nut
1 tsp of turmuric
1 tsp of salt
1 inch of galangal
Ground them. After you finish. Put it in a bowl. Add Bay leaves and several lemon basil leaves. Mix it.

How to make :
After the chicken is marinated in lemon n salt, wash it. Put it in bowl.  Marinate with the ground seasoning for about one hour or more. Put it in refrigerator.
Prepare the banana leave. Cut into 10-15 cm as long as its enough to wrap 1 chicken wing. *I made one by one wrapping*
Put 1 chicken wing with the ground seasoning as well. Add mushrooms, Green onion, Lemon basil leave, 1 small green chili pepper.

Wrap it. On the edge of it, folded it, stitch it with wooden toothpick, to keep it folded. Do it both side.*pic below

after steaming

wrap like this

Prepare the steamer. Steam for about 45-60min. Serve with jasmine rice.

Ayam Pop-Chicken POP

I have no idea why this food named AYAM POP :-) I only know that you can find this at SIMPANG RAYA restaurant. Sumatra's food flavor. Spicy Hot Yummy. I browsed the recipe but i found one thing that i didn't have, coconut water. Think hard girl. Cling! *the bulb lamp is on my head if you can take pic of me at this moment LOL* so I used the coconut powder plus lots of water then it looked like coconut water! Aha!!

How to cook :
Prepare 6 chicken wings *that's all I like, wings!* You can use other parts of the chicken. Cleaned and marinated with lemon juice for about 30 min. According to the recipe you have to skinned the chicken but I let the skin stay since it's the best part LOL.
1-2 tbsp of coconut powder mixed with 2.5 cups of water. *if you have coconut water, then use it instead* Put it in a pot. Boiled with the chicken as well.

seasoning :
6 cloves of garlic, peeled and ground them
1 tsp of salt
1 tbsp of ginger
1 tsp of sugar
1 tsp of pepper
Saute the garlic with 1 tbsp of margarine for about 10min. Add the rest of seasoning as well. Put it into the pot of the chicken. Cook till the chicken tender for about 20min. *Depends on which part of the chicken meat you cook i guess* Take the chicken out of the pot. Leave the broth. *can I use it again for next cooking?LOL*

Prepare the skillet with 1-2 tbsp of vegetable oil. Fry the chicken just to make it little bit oily and light brown. *Some people don't like to fry it after the boiling part* Serve with sambal, Chili paste, steamed-Casava leave and jasmine rice. Hmm YumYum.

Soto Ayam - Chicken Yellow Broth