Malaysian
Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Spicy Tomato Sauce)
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Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Spicy Tomato Sauce) 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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Blend the dried chilies, shallots, garlic, and ginger into a paste.
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Season the chicken with salt and brown it in the oil over medium-high heat, then set aside.
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Fry the paste in the same pot with the cinnamon and star anise until fragrant and darkened, about 5 minutes.
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Stir in the tomato paste and chopped tomato and cook until the oil separates, about 5 minutes.
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Return the chicken, add the water and brown sugar, and simmer until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened, about 20 minutes.
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Remove the whole spices and serve hot.
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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 Merah (Chicken in Spicy Tomato Sauce), 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. Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Spicy Tomato Sauce) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| 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
- 500 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 34 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 680 mg
- Saturated fat
- 10 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Spicy Tomato Sauce) 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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