Ternate Chicken (Ayam Ternate) Recipe
 Indonesia Recipes

Although this dish is popular on fabulous Ternate it conspicuously omits the spice that made Ternate famous and drew rival Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish merchants in the sixteenth century - nutmeg. For a short time, Ternate rivaled Banda as the world's primary source of nutmeg and mace (the outer covering of the nutmeg).
 

Ingredients:

1

1 tsp
3
2 tsp
3 tbsp
1
3
1

2 tbsp
3
1 cup
 

broiler or fryer
pinch of ginger
lemon grass
candlenuts, grated
salt
vegetable oil
onion, sliced
garlic, chopped
red chili, crushed
silver of shrimp paste
tamarind juice
lime leaves
coconut milk from 1/2 coconut

Method:

1. Cut chicken into small pieces.

2. Mix together ginger, lemon grass, candlenuts and salt. Rub chicken with this spicy mixture.

3. Fry chicken in oil until golden brown. Now add onion and garlic until onion turns light brown. Combine with chili, shrimp paste, tamarind juice and lime leaves. Fry an additional minute, stirring constantly.

4. Add coconut milk and cook uncovered over low heat until liquid is almost completely evaporated or absorbed. serve.