Easiest Indonesian Dish to Make at Home! Ayam Bakar: Indonesian Grilled Chicken 印尼烤鸡 Asian Recipe

Fancy a delicious Indonesian feast at home? Try making this ayam bakar recipe. Ayam bakar also means roasted chicken in Bahasa Indonesia and Malay, is an Indonesian and Malaysian dish that taste sweet and savoury. This dish seems difficult to prepare but it's in fact really easy to recreate. Instead of your usual chicken dishes, impress your family and friends with this seemingly difficult dish. We have cooked this recipe a few times and our friends really enjoyed it. Hope you will enjoy this too. Have fun!



Marinated chicken
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1kg whole chicken (you can use specific parts of a chicken)
Juice from 10 calamansi

Rempah paste
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4 kaffir lime leaves
10g (0.35 oz) galangal (blue ginger or lengkuas)
2 stalks of lemongrass (use only the white portion)
10g (0.35 oz) young ginger
4 cloves of garlic
3 shallots
2 fresh red chilli (deseeded)
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon tamarind paste
125ml (4.23 fl oz) water

Other ingredients
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2 bay leaves
100ml (3.38 fl oz) kecap manis
250ml (8.45 fl oz) water

Grill the chicken in the oven at 200C (392F) or airfry chicken at 180C (356F).