Indonesian
Ayam Woku (Manado Herb Chicken)
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Ayam Woku (Manado Herb Chicken) 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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Blend the shallots, garlic, red chilies, and turmeric into a paste.
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Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces.
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Heat the oil in a wide pot and fry the paste until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
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Add the chicken and sear lightly, then add the chopped tomato, water, and salt and bring to a simmer.
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Cover and cook until the chicken is tender, about 20 minutes.
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Uncover and stir in the lemon basil and green onion, and simmer 2 minutes more until the herbs wilt.
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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 Woku (Manado Herb 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 Woku (Manado Herb 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
- 570 kcal
- Protein
- 42 g
- Carbs
- 2 g
- Fat
- 44 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 220 mg
- Saturated fat
- 13 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ayam Woku (Manado Herb Chicken) 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 lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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