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Pepes Ayam (Minced Chicken Parcel)
Ingredients:
- 300 gr chicken
- 1 indian bay leaf
- 5 sweet basil leaves (daun kemangi)
- 1 lemon grass, outer leaves discarded and thinly sliced
- 6 red chilies, de-seeded and sliced lenght-wise
- 1 cup thick coconut milk
- 1 tbs vegetable oil
- Banana leaves or aluminum foil to wrap
Spice paste ingredients:
- 6 shallots
- 4 cloves garlic
- 3 candle nuts
- 1 cm ginger
- 1 cm galangal
- 1 tomato
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
Directions:
- Chop the chicken into small dices.
- Grind spice paste ingredients into a smooth paste. Stir-fry in a wok until fragrant. Add the indian bay leaf, basil leaves, chilies and lemon grass. Continue stir-frying for another 2-3 minutes.
- Add minced chicken and coconut milk. Continue cooking until the liquid is gone but the chicken stay moist. Remove from the heat.
- Put chicken mixture on a square of banana leaf or aluminum foil. Roll it neatly to make a sausage shape, transfer it to a preheated oven at 200C. Roast for 10 minutes. Alternatively, steam in a steamer for half an hour.
- Serve immediately.
