Spicy chicken, Indonesian-style chicken and vegetable stew

Ceker pedas, Indonesian spicy braised chicken feet

Main dishes

Chicken drumsticks, blanched and then cooked in a spicy sauce made with shallots, garlic, ginger, and chili peppers, along with lemongrass, betel leaves, …

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“Mekon” (firecracker-like) skewers are a very spicy Indonesian specialty. The chicken pieces, which are gelatinous, absorb the sauce as they simmer.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting20 min
  • Total1 hr 5 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodnibbled
  • Gluten-free
  • Low lactose

Ingredients

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Directions

  1. Finely chop or mince the shallots, garlic, ginger, and chili peppers. ≈ 4 min
  2. Brown this dough in a little oil.
  3. Add the lemongrass, salam leaves, and combava leaves. ≈ 3 min
  4. Once the dough has risen and is well-proofed, add the blanched chicken legs. ≈ 3 min
  5. Cover with water. ≈ 3 min
  6. Add the salt, sugar, pepper, broth, and kecap manis.
  7. Mix well and bring to a boil, then adjust the seasoning.
  8. Let it simmer until the sauce coats the legs, then serve.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of chicken feet, washed in vinegar, rinsed, and blanched
  • 8 shallots
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • One handful of long, red chili peppers
  • ½ cup of bird’s eye chili peppers
  • 1 cm of galangal
  • 1 stalk of lemongrass, crushed
  • 2 leaves of Indonesian bay leaf
  • 5 sheets of combava
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
  • Powdered broth (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • ground pepper
  • A little bit of oil
  • water

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