Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, opor ayam from padang (chicken braised in coconut milk)😍🍉🍌🍜. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Opor ayam is an Indonesian dish from Central Java consisting of chicken cooked in coconut milk. The spice mixture (bumbu) includes galangal, lemongrass, cinnamon, tamarind juice, palm sugar. Opor ayam (chicken cooked in coconut milk) is one of the easiest Indonesian recipes you can try at home, and very delicious.
Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜 is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜 is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have opor ayam from padang (chicken braised in coconut milk)😍🍉🍌🍜 using 35 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜:
- Make ready 1 whole Chicken, 1.5 kg cut into 8 pieces. Wash
- Take 600 ml (thin) & 300ml (thick, concentrated) can Coconut Cream
- Prepare 600 ml Water boiled from the kettle: as needed
- Prepare 2 tbs Rice Bran oil, Alfa one brand
- Prepare 3 cm fresh Kencur or 1/2 tsp ground Kencur
- Make ready 3 cm fresh Ginger peeled, slice thinly
- Take 1 cm fresh Turmeric,skin on slice thickly (1/2 tsp ground curry)
- Get 3 Candle nuts/Macadamia (Kemiri)
- Get 1 Lemongrass stalks, split in half, crushed on the white part
- Prepare (see the image)
- Take 3 Bay leaves (daun Salam)
- Get 4 Kaffir lime leaves
- Take 1 Curry leaves (daun kunyit)
- Take 2 tbs soft Brown sugar as needed
- Get 1 tbs bouillon Chicken powder
- Take 6 Eggs (boiled 6' in salted water& peeled in cold water tap)
- Prepare 3 medium Potatoes, peeled & cut in chunks size, then put
- Get on a double pot: steam for 19 minutes
- Get 2 cakes Bean Curds (Tahu), sliced, fried in hot oil until brown
- Take 1/2 cup Melinjo fruits
- Prepare 10 shallots, slice thickly
- Take 6 cloves Garlic, slice thickly
- Prepare 1 tsp ground Coriander
- Prepare 1 tsp ground Nutmeg
- Prepare 10 fresh red Chilies(leave 2 whole chillies whole as decorative)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper ground (mild hot)
- Make ready 1 tbs bouillon Chicken
- Make ready 2 tsp Salt as needed
- Take 1 tbs Black pepper grinded
- Make ready Kerupuk Emping 1 bag,bought raw from Asian market.Fry in hot oil
- Prepare 1 handful fried Onions, to sprinkle on top of serving dish
- Make ready Jasmine rice cook in Rice Cooker or
- Take 6 Ketupat rice cakes (from Asian supermarket)cut in rough pieces
- Get (see images)
- Prepare Decorate: put 2 Basil leaves (or 2 stalks Coriander leaves)
Add Thai basil and cook another minute. Opor ayam is a chicken cooked in coconut milk from Indonesia, especially from Central Java. Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk). Indonesian chicken in coconut gravy, known as Opor Ayam, is.
Instructions to make Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜:
- The spicy paste has to be fried first in a wok with 3 tbs hot oil:put shallots,garlic,ginger,galangal,turmeric,lemongrass,kencur, candle nuts,coriander,red chilies.Stir to fry untill well cooked (!) emanating aroma-fragrance! Remove. Put the fried spicy into blender, blend it until a smooth paste. Remove.
- In a wok on medium heat put 4 cups water, thin coconut cream, the spicy paste, chicken pieces, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves,curry leaves, lemongrass, nutmeg,melinjo fruits, chicken stock powder, ground cayenne pepper, salt: stir to fry & mix. Keep stirring to avoid the coconut cream split, until the chicken is halfway cooked.
- Then add the rest the thick coconut cream while still stirring,add the cooked potatoes, prefried sliced bean curds,boiled eggs,sugar. Add more salt & more water if needed.
- When the casserole starting to boil, turn down the temp and let it simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked completely. Turn off, remove the wok. Transfer Opor Ayam onto a deep large rectangular glass dish. Sprinkle on top with dried fried Onions, decorate with 2 Basil leaves. To serve with steamed Jasmine Rice or Ketupat cakes. Side dish: crunchy cracker Kerupuk emping.
But I'll make it again my way coz I think all curries taste. Opor ayam is one of the popular Javanese chicken dishes. Opor refers to the method of cooking/braising in coconut milk. I didn't deep fry the chicken and let the chicken just simmer in the aromatics and coconut milk. This dish is deeply flavorful from the spices and the creaminess of.
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