Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken with Sweet Soy Sauce). Sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis) is a sweetened aromatic soy sauce, originating in Indonesia, which has a darker color, a viscous syrupy consistency and a molasses-like flavor due to the generous addition of palm sugar. Kecap manis is widely used with satay. It is similar to, though finer in flavor than, Chinese sweet bean sauce (tianmianjiang).

Kecap manis is widely used with satay. Great recipe for Ayam Bakar Kecap (Sweet Soy Sauce Grilled Chicken). 'Ayam Bakar' is an Indonesian or Malaysian dish of charcoal-grilled chicken. The chicken is usually marinated with the mixture of different kinds spices such as garlic, shallot, chili pepper, tamarind juice, galangal, turmeric,. You can have Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken with Sweet Soy Sauce) using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken with Sweet Soy Sauce)

You need 1 of chicken (cut to 10).
Prepare 1 tsp of lime juice.
It's 4 of bay leaves.
You need 4 of kaffir lime leaves (tear the leaf).
It's 8 Tbsp of Kecap manis (Sweet Soy Sauce).
You need 200 ml of water.
It's 1/2 Tsp of white pepper powder.
Prepare 1/2 Tsp of Salt.
It's of Blended Spices.
It's 5 cloves of garlic.
Prepare 10 of shallot.
It's 8 of candlenut.
Prepare 1 inch of ginger.
Prepare 1 Tbsp of palm sugar.

I have a weakness for Indonesian grilled chicken (or Ayam Bakar as you will often find on Indonesian menus) - the char and smokiness from the caramelized chicken skin, the sweet aromatic spices, the distinctive taste of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) combined with the heat from the savoury sambal belacan, all complemented with a mound of steamed white rice. Put aside and serve with rice and sambal terasi (shrimp chilli paste) and Indonesian sweet soy sauce. A wonderfully delicate and sweet flavour achieved by the balance of the Tamarind and Sweet Soy Sauce in a light but nutritious meal. Sauté ground spices, lime leaves & bay leaves with butter.

Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken with Sweet Soy Sauce) instructions

Clean the chicken and marinate it with lime juice for 30 minutes.
Roast garlic, shallot, and candlenut in a pan until brown color appear on the surface. Roast for about 5 minutes with low fire. Toast blended spices ingredients into blender, give small amount of water..
Heat the wok with medium fire. Pour the blended spices, then add water, sweet soy sauce, salt, white pepper, bay leaf, and kaffir lime leaf. Stir and cook it for 2 minutes. Put the chicken in. Braised it until thick sauce formed (about 30 minutes)..
Put the thick sauce in a bowl. Prepare grill pan, give small amount of butter and grill the chicken. Spread the sauce on the chicken while grilling. Grill until the sauce caramelized..
Ayam Bakar Kecap is ready to serve with rice and sambal✨.
It's best to eat with this vegetables: lettuce/cabbage/cucumber.

Put in the chicken, water, broth pwd & sweet soya sauce; stir well. Cook until the chicken ½ done. Add chicken and stir until the sauces coats the chicken pieces and the color of the chicken starts to change. Add sweet soy sauce and coconut water. Mix well, and bring to a boil.