Bakso Ayam (Chicken Balls)

Yes, by now I am sure you can tell that my household loves any sorts of bakso, which is Indonesian beef balls, meatballs, fish balls, chicken balls, mushroom balls, whichever hahahah

Most common bakso in Indonesian for sure are chicken balls, meatballs, beef balls, and fish balls. In recent years though, I found quite a few Indonesians make mushroom balls, which is vegan/vegetarian version of bakso.

Today I am sharin bakso ayam, which is using chicken only, rather than a mix of beef and chicken 🙂

I always find chicken to be easier to work with rather than with beef or all beef 😛

• 1/3-1/2 c of ice cubes or crushed ice
• 500 g ground chicken
• 2 chicken breast, boneless, skinless
• 1/2 c tapioca flour
• 1 tbsp each garlic powder, chives, mushroom granules, agar-agar powder
• 1/2 tbsp onion powder
• a super generous pinch of ground white pepper

Method

• Place everything into your Instant Pot blender and let it does its magic, until ingredients turned into fine paste!
• Bring enough water to boil, flavored with 2 garlic, sliced, and 2 tbsp garlic powder and kosher coarse salt to taste
• In a large bowl, fill up with ice cubes and water
• Once water in the pot boiling, turn down heat to medium and let it simmer
• Turn paste into balls and drop into water
• Let boil fully for 20-25 minutes
• Drop balls into icy cold water, drain, store until ready to use!

Print Recipe

Bakso Ayam

Indonesian chicken balls (meatballs)

Ingredients

• 1/3-1/2 c of ice cubes or crushed ice
• 500 g ground chicken
• 2 chicken breast boneless, skinless
• 1/2 c tapioca flour
• 1 tbsp each garlic powder chives, mushroom granules, agar-agar powder
• 1/2 tbsp onion powder
• a super generous pinch of ground white pepper

Instructions

• Place everything into your Instant Pot blender and let it does its magic, until ingredients turned into fine paste!
• Bring enough water to boil, flavored with 2 garlic, sliced, and 2 tbsp garlic powder and kosher coarse salt to taste
• In a large bowl, fill up with ice cubes and water
• Once water in the pot boiling, turn down heat to medium and let it simmer
• Turn paste into balls and drop into water
• Let boil fully for 20-25 minutes
• Drop balls into icy cold water, drain, store until ready to use!