Indonesian
Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze)
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Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Blend the garlic, shallots, and red chilies into a paste.
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Whisk the paste with the kecap manis, tamarind paste, lime juice, oil, and salt into a marinade.
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Coat the chicken thoroughly and marinate at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight in the fridge.
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Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high and cook the chicken, basting with the reserved marinade, until charred and cooked through, about 8 minutes per side.
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Let the chicken rest 5 minutes, then serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Ayam Goreng (Indonesian Fried Chicken) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Ayam Goreng (Indonesian Fried Chicken) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 38 g
- Carbs
- 17 g
- Fat
- 37 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 13 g
- Sodium
- 850 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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