Description
This wonderful dish of chicken braised in soy sauce is classic Indonesian home cooking! It’s not spicy at all, but tasty, and great for the whole family.
Ingredients
Scale
- Half chicken, cut in pieces and washed thoroughly.
- 2 potatoes, peeled, cut to big chunks and soaked in cold water
- 6 shallots, peeled, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled, chopped
- 3 cm ginger, peeled, chopped
- 1 lemongrass, bruised, knotted
- 0.5 tsp ground white pepper
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 5 tbsp sweet soy sauce
- Salt to taste
- 1 big red tomato, chopped
- 2 bird’s eye chillies, halved, remove the seeds (optional)
- 700 ml water
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions
- Grind or blend into a fine paste: shallots, garlic and ginger.
- Heat the oil over medium high heat in a wok, and then sauté the ground spices and lemongrass until fragrant, around 3 minutes.
- Add the chicken pieces, and fry for about 4 minutes.
- Add salt, nutmeg and white pepper powder.
- Add water.
- Add sweet soy sauce. Mix and bring to boil.
- When the soup boils, add the potatoes. Turn the heat to medium low and simmer for around 20 minutes.
- Add the chopped tomato and chillies, and continue cooking for around 5 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and let the semur rest for a while before serving.
Notes
- To spice it up, add a dollop of sambal tomat or terasi!
Keywords: Non-spicy, common ingredients