Indonesian
Ayam Suwir Kemangi (Shredded Chili Chicken with Lemon Basil)
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Ayam Suwir Kemangi (Shredded Chili Chicken with Lemon Basil) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and 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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Poach the chicken breast in a small pot of water until just cooked, about 12 minutes, then cool and shred into fine strips.
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Thinly slice the shallots, garlic, and red chilies.
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Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the shallots, garlic, and chilies until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
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Add the shredded chicken and salt, and toss over high heat until well coated, about 3 minutes.
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Stir in the lemon basil and lime juice and toss just until the leaves wilt, about 1 minute.
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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 Suwir Kemangi (Shredded Chili Chicken with Lemon Basil), 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 Suwir Kemangi (Shredded Chili Chicken with Lemon Basil) 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
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 1 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 150 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ayam Suwir Kemangi (Shredded Chili Chicken with Lemon Basil) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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