Indonesion Chicken Thighs Recipes

ERIN'S INDONESIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Bring the rice and water to boil in a pot. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Place green beans in a pot fitted with a steamer basket over boiling water, and steam 10 minutes, or until tender but crisp.
• Heat the oil in a skillet, and cook the chicken 5 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear.
• Mix the chicken broth, peanut butter, honey, soy sauce, chile paste, lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir 5 minutes, until slightly thickened. Mix in the green beans. Serve over rice. Garnish with green onions and peanuts.

INDONESIAN GINGER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook the honey, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger root in a small saucepan over low heat until the honey is melted. Arrange the chicken in 1 layer in a shallow baking pan, skin side down, and pour on the sauce. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil. Marinate overnight in the refrigerator.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the baking pan in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover the pan, turn the chicken skin side up, and raise the temperature to 375 degrees F. Continue baking for 30 minutes or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh and the sauce is a rich, dark brown.

INDONESIAN CHICKEN SKEWERS WITH PEANUT SAUCE (SATAY AYAM)

Steps:

• Combine chicken thighs, 3/4 teaspoon salt, white pepper, and sunflower seed oil in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
• Soak wooden skewers in water to prevent burning during cooking.
• Bring water, peanut butter, kecap manis, brown sugar, garlic, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a boil in a small saucepan; stir to combine. Remove from heat and add lime juice.
• Thread marinated chicken onto skewers. Set about 2 tablespoons peanut sauce aside in a small bowl and brush the sauce in the bowl over chicken.
• Heat a grill pan or large skillet over medium-high heat. Arrange chicken skewers in batches on grill pan and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Serve skewers with remaining peanut sauce from the saucepan.

INDONESIAN LIME AND WINE CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Pour 1/4 cup of wine over the raisins to plump them.
• Whisk the egg and water together.
• Mix Panko crumbs with 1 tsp chili.
• Dip the cut thighs first in the egg mixture then the crumbs making sure they are well coated, dip twice if necessary.
• Heat oil in a large skillet, turn heat to medium and slowly fry the chicken until golden on both side apprx 7 minutes per side - do not burn.
• Remove from skillet and keep warm.
• In the same pan saute the onions for 5 minutes, add tomatoes continue cooking for a further 5 minutes.
• While the onions/tomatoes are cooking mix together: cardamon,lime zest, cinnamon, coriander, finely chopped garlic, 1/2 tsp chili flakes, coconut & brown sugar, mix well.
• Add spice mixture to the tomato/onion in the pan.
• Add raisins in the wine and the lime juice.
• Simmer until the wine has almost evaporated, add remaining 1/4 cup wine, when the sauce is heated you may either return the chicken to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes or place the hot chicken pieces on a platter and surround with the sauce.