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Chicken with Spices and Soy Sauce

Ingredients

  • 10 chicken drumsticks no skin
  • 2 onions; 1 quartered
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tbsp chili powder
  • cooking oil as needed
  • water as needed about 4 cups
  • 1 whole nutmeg grate 1/2 of it
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 tsp tamarind dissolve in 3 tbsp lukewarm water
  • 3 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp dark sweetened soy sauce preferably Indonesian brand, ABC
  • Hungarian Vegeta seasoning substitute with salt only if you don't have it
  • thin slices of red chilies seedless
  • warm rice
  • Dole's Asian Garden Delight salad

Instructions

  • Place quartered onion and chicken into the pot and cover with just enough water, bring to boil, turn down heat and simmer for 20 minutes
  • Make paste out of the other onion, garlic, and chili powder
  • Heat 1-2 tbsp oil, saute paste, don't let it to brown
  • Take out chicken drumstick with slotted spoon and mix gently into the sauted paste; turn to coat (reserve 1 1/4 cup stock)
  • Add in cloves and grated nutmeg, stir gently
  • Add in tamarind juice and soy sauces, stir gently
  • Pour in the reserved stock, adjust the flavor, and cook for another 20-25 minutes until gravy thickened/lessen and chickens are cooked.
  • Serve with salad and warm rice