Malaysian
Ayam Masak Lemak Cili Api (Chicken in Turmeric Coconut with Bird's Eye Chilli)
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Ayam Masak Lemak Cili Api (Chicken in Turmeric Coconut with Bird's Eye Chilli) is Malaysian 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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Cut the chicken thighs into bite-size pieces.
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Blend the shallots and half the Thai chilies into a rough paste, and bruise the lemongrass stalks with the back of a knife.
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Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat and fry the paste, remaining whole chilies, lemongrass, and turmeric until fragrant, about 5 minutes.
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Add the chicken and stir to coat in the paste, cooking 3 minutes.
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Pour in the water and salt, cover, and simmer until the chicken is nearly cooked through, about 10 minutes.
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Stir in the coconut milk and simmer gently, uncovered, until the sauce thickens slightly, about 10 minutes.
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Taste and adjust the salt.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ayam Masak Lemak Cili Api (Chicken in Turmeric Coconut with Bird's Eye Chilli), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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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 Masak Lemak Cili Api (Chicken in Turmeric Coconut with Bird's Eye Chilli) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
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
- 560 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 46 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 520 mg
- Saturated fat
- 28 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ayam Masak Lemak Cili Api (Chicken in Turmeric Coconut with Bird's Eye Chilli) takes about 40 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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