Ayam masak merah
Ayam masak merah, from above
Non vegMalaysia

Ayam masak merah

Fried chicken bathed in a sweet, red chilli tomato sauce. Malay wedding food, any day.

60 minTime
41 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Red cooked chicken1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFried then simmered in red sauce.
The original
499kcalsame
41 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
60minutessame

Ayam masak merah.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

5 servings
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)bone in pieces
Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp, to rub
Saltsplit
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying and the sauce
Dried red chilli15, soaked, as chilli paste
Shallots8
Garlic6 cloves
Ginger2.5 cm
Lemongrass2 stalks, bruised
Whole spices1 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, 3 cardamom
Tomato puree⅔ cup
Tomato ketchup (ketchup)3 tbsp
Jaggery1 tbsp
Thin coconut milk⅔ cup
Green peas½ cup
Onion1, in rings

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Rub chicken with turmeric and salt and shallow fry until golden and nearly cooked.
  2. 2Grind chillies, shallots, garlic and ginger. Fry in a little oil with whole spices and lemongrass until oil separates.
  3. 3Add tomato puree, ketchup, jaggery, coconut milk and salt, then the chicken. Simmer until cooked through and the sauce clings.
  4. 4Add peas and onion rings for the last 3 minutes.
Serve it like this

Serve in a wide bowl with onion rings and peas on top, with ghee rice or plain rice and a cucumber pickle.

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What goes with Ayam masak merah: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Nasi lemak75 min
Bread or rice Roti jala30 min
On the side Sambal kangkung15 min
On the side Coconut chutney10 min
To drink Teh tarik10 min
Something sweet Kuih lapis90 min
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