Recipe: Tasty Ayam Penyet (Squeeze Chicken)

Ayam Penyet (Squeeze Chicken). Ayam Penyet (Penyet Chicken) is an incredibly spicy Indonesian dish that will make your tongue feel like burning. you will need to go to a special Asian grocery store to get some of the ingredients. Ayam Penyet (Squeeze Chicken) step by step. Grind the black pepper, garlic, coriander, cumin, and turmeric all together until it becomes a yellow paste./Haluskan lada hitam, bawang putih, ketumbar, jintan, dan kunyit hingga menjadi pasta kuning.

The word penyet from the name of this dish means to press or push , referring to the preparation method in which the chicken is pressed by a pestle in order to make the meat more tender. Ayam penyet is one of the favorite meals amongst the spicy-food lovers in Indonesia. This spicy Indonesian penyet chicken, or 'Ayam Penyet', is famous for its super high-level spiciness. You can cook Ayam Penyet (Squeeze Chicken) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Ayam Penyet (Squeeze Chicken)

1. You need 600 gr of chicken legs 🍗.
2. Prepare of Tofu.
3. It's 5 cloves of garlic 🧄.
4. You need of Cumin.
5. Prepare of Coriander.
6. Prepare of Turmeric.
7. You need of White/black pepper.
8. It's 2 of bay leaves.
9. You need of For Sambal.
10. Prepare 4 cloves of garlic 🧄.
11. Prepare 3 of habanero (couldn't find red Thailand pepper, habanero is the best option for the hot spicy sambal).
12. You need 1 of tomato 🍅.

However, do not worry, it is actually a very flavorful chicken dish. As explained by Roland in the video, Ayam Penyet means smashed chicken in English. This Indonesian fried chicken is smashed to make it it softer before being served. The dish is often served with sambal belacan (look out for our recipe to be uploaded tomorrow - Sunday, cucumber, fried firm tofu and tempeh.

Ayam Penyet (Squeeze Chicken) step by step

1. Grind the black pepper, garlic, coriander, cumin, and turmeric all together until it becomes a yellow paste./Haluskan lada hitam, bawang putih, ketumbar, jintan, dan kunyit hingga menjadi pasta kuning..
2. Boil the chicken with yellow paste until the chicken well cook, turn off the fire, add the tofu, and leave it for one to two hours, so the spices are absorbed./Rebus ayam dengan pasta kuning hingga ayam matang dengan baik, matikan api, tambahkan tahu, dan biarkan selama satu hingga dua jam, agar bumbu meresap..
3. As waiting for the chicken to absorb the seasoning, prepare the sambal. Put three spoons of vegetable oil in the frying pan. Fry the habanero, tomato, and garlic, until cooked. Grind all the fried ingredients for sambal or use a blender if you don't have the grinder..
4. Fry the chicken and tofu in deep fry, turn the chicken and tofu when it turns golden brown./Goreng ayam dan tahu dengan deep fry, balik ayam dan tahu saat sudah berwarna cokelat keemasan..
   
5. Squeeze or smash the chicken and tofu in the cobek with sambal./Peras atau hancurkan ayam dan tahu di cobek dengan sambal..
   
6. Serve the chicken and tofu with plain rice, cucumber, and cabbage as a salad./Sajikan ayam dan tahu dengan nasi putih, ketimun, dan kubis sebagai salad..

Penyet is Javanese term for "squeezed" or "pressed", thus ayam penyet means "squeezed chicken". It is quite similar to another popular Indonesian fried chicken dish ayam geprek, as both are fried chicken smashed and mixed together with hot and spicy sambal chili paste. Ayam penyet is an Indonesian dish fried chicken, lightly smashed, normaly served with rice, raw salad as a side dish, super hot sambal chilli and lime. Arrange chicken in pot, add crushed bay leaves. Remove chicken and drain off excess liquid.