Ayam Woku Belanga
Spicy Manado Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 lemongrass
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- A handful Cherry tomatoes
- 3-6 bird eye chilies
- 8 garlic
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp ginger powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 whole chicken 1.6 kg
- 4 kafir lime leaves
- 1 c water or chicken broth
- Salt and white pepper to taste
- Indonesian basil kemangi, use Thai if not lemon as subs
Instructions
- Place lemongrass on slow cooker, then top them with chicken. Add kafir lime leaves
- In food processor, mix onion, tomatoes, chilies and the rest of the ingredients, except water and basils
- Pour paste onto pan and saute until fragrant and bubbly, then pour paste into slow cooker, season with salt and white pepper to taste. Add in water if not broth. Cook chicken on low setting for 6-8 H (or high for 5-7 H)
- 30 minutes before turning off the slow cooker, add basils and continue cooking