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Coco Chicken
Type of dish: Poultry
Number of persons: 4

This chicken braised in coconut milk is very Indonesian and deliciously spicy, even if it goes into a sober Dutch oven. Tender and majestic and tantalising to the nose. Take your time, because in Indonesia nobody is in a hurry when it comes to food. You can take your Arloji off.

Preparation time: 60 |

Temperature: 180 °C, direct

What do you need?

6 chicken thighs 6 dl coconut milk 3 lemon grass stalks 5 daun djeruk purut (lime leaves) 2 tbsp gula djawa (palm sugar) 2 tbsp asem paste (Indonesian dates) 3 tsp salt 3 tbsp oil Bumbu 100 gr peanuts 10 shallots 8 cloves garlic 5 red Lomboks (chillies) 2 cm djahe (Indonesian ginger) 2 cm kunyit (yellow root/curcuma) 1 1/2 tablespoons petis udang (shrimp paste) 1/2 tablespoon ketumbar (coriander/ coriander seeds)

Preparation method

Bumbu Prep Chop the djahe and kunyit, finely chop the shallots, garlic and red lombok and grind the peanuts into a bumbu paste. Then add djahe, kunyit, petis udang and ketumbar to make a nice paste. Light the BBQ at 180 °C. Heat the oil in a Dutch oven and fry the bumbu paste together with the Sereh and the daun djeruk purut to a fragrant tropical substance. Add the coconut milk and bring to the boil. Add the chicken thighs, palm sugar and asem paste to the Dutch oven and bring back to the boil, stirring frequently. Braise the chicken thighs for about 30 minutes or until they reach a core temperature of 75 °C. Remove the chicken thighs from the Dutch oven and roast them on the BBQ until nicely browned, brushing the cooking juices over and over.

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