Indonesian
Ayam Rica-Rica (Manado Chili Chicken)
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Ayam Rica-Rica (Manado Chili Chicken) 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 red chilies, ginger, shallots, and garlic into a coarse paste.
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Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces.
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Heat the oil in a wok and fry the paste with the bruised lemongrass over medium heat until fragrant and darkened, about 6 minutes.
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Add the chicken and salt, and stir to coat in the paste.
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Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through and the paste has cooked down almost dry and clings to the meat, about 20 minutes.
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Finish with the lime juice and serve hot alongside rice.
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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 Rica-Rica (Manado Chili Chicken), 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. Ayam Rica-Rica (Manado Chili Chicken) 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
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 42 g
- Carbs
- 2 g
- Fat
- 42 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 220 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ayam Rica-Rica (Manado Chili Chicken) 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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