Kapanlagi.com - Betutu chicken is a typical Indonesian dish rich in spices and delicious to eat. This dish is suitable to be served as the main course when with family. Besides being delicious, betutu chicken recipe is also rich in spices and addictive to enjoy.
Betutu chicken is a typical Indonesian dish originating from Bali. According to its history, this food was pioneered by Ni Wayan Tempeh from Gianyar Bali in 1976. Betutu chicken dish was initially only served during traditional ceremonies in Bali. However, over time, betutu chicken can be easily found in various restaurants in Bali.
The name betutu itself comes from the word (tunu) which means to roast and the addition of the word (be) means meat. The raw materials for making betutu chicken can use chicken or duck meat. The cooking method is quite unique, because the chicken will be put into a hole in the ground covered with fire.
The cooking process also takes hours to obtain tender, delicious, and savory chicken. The spices in betutu chicken add flavor and aroma that stimulate the appetite.
However, this cooking method is starting to be abandoned by using modern equipment for more practicality. So you can easily make it at home.
So, how to make a delicious and rich in spices betutu chicken recipe?
Various preparations ranging from grilled, fried, and soup are very suitable for making a betutu chicken dish. If you are curious to make a delicious, rich in spices, and addictive betutu chicken recipe, here are 3 betutu chicken recipes, summarized from various sources.
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1. Spicy Ayam Betutu Soup Recipe
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Delicious and richly spiced Ayam Betutu recipe can be made with a little addition of spicy broth. For those who like chicken soup dishes, you can try this spicy Ayam Betutu recipe as a dish at home.
The method is quite easy and practical to make spicy Ayam Betutu. Here is the recipe for delicious and richly spiced Ayam Betutu, sourced from cookpad.com:
Main ingredients for marinating the chicken:
- 1 free-range chicken.
- 1 lime.
- Salt to taste.
Ground spices:
- 3 cloves of garlic.
- 7 shallots.
- 7 bird's eye chilies.
- 5 red chilies.
- 2 thumbs of galangal.
- 2 thumbs of ginger.
- 2 thumbs of turmeric.
- 2 thumbs of lesser galangal.
- 4 candlenuts.
- 1 teaspoon coriander.
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg powder.
- ½ teaspoon shrimp paste.
- Sufficient amount of water.
Sautéed spices:
- 2 tablespoons of oil.
- 4 small-sized lemongrass stems.
- 2 bay leaves.
- 3 kaffir lime leaves.
- 750 ml of water.
- Salt.
- Sugar.
- Ground pepper.
- 1 teaspoon chicken broth powder.
Steps to make the spicy Ayam Betutu recipe:
- Clean the chicken and soak it in lime juice and salt for 15 minutes.
- Grind the spices according to the measurements. Then sauté the spices with the addition of lemongrass, bay leaves, and kaffir lime leaves until fragrant.
- Then add the soaked chicken to the sautéed spices.
- Add enough water to cover the chicken.
- Add salt, sugar, ground pepper, chicken broth powder, and mix well.
- Cover the pot or pan and cook over low heat for one hour.
- After one hour of cooking, the spicy Ayam Betutu is ready to be served.
You can also make the original Ayam Betutu recipe without the spicy taste, just by cooking it without chilies. So you can still enjoy the delicious and richly spiced Ayam Betutu that is addictive.
2. Grilled Ayam Betutu Recipe
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Grilled ayam betutu recipe can be a dish of ayam betutu recipe that you make at home. If you want to make grilled ayam betutu recipe, here's the grilled ayam betutu recipe that you can try at home:
Main ingredients:
- 1 free-range chicken.
- Boiled cassava leaves.
- Banana leaves to wrap the ayam betutu.
Seasoning ingredients:
- 10 shallots.
- 5 garlic cloves.
- 7 red chilies.
- 5 bird's eye chilies.
- 5 candlenuts.
- 1 tsp shrimp paste.
- 1 tbsp coriander.
- 2 tsp ground pepper.
- 2 pieces turmeric.
- 2 pieces ginger.
- 2 pieces lesser galangal.
- 1½ pieces lemongrass, finely sliced.
- 1 piece galangal.
- ½ tsp nutmeg powder.
- 4 kaffir lime leaves.
- salt to taste.
- sugar to taste.
How to make grilled ayam betutu recipe:
- Grind the seasoning ingredients, then sauté until fragrant.
- Divide the seasoning into two, for sautéing the cassava leaves and marinating the chicken.
- Put the cassava leaves with some sautéed seasoning into the chicken's body.
- Then cover using toothpicks so that the seasoning and cassava leaves do not come out of the chicken's body.
- Coat the outside of the chicken with the remaining ground seasoning.
- Wrap the chicken using banana leaves until tightly sealed.
- Then grill the chicken for approximately two hours.
- After two hours, the grilled ayam betutu is ready to be served.
3. Fried Betutu Chicken Recipe
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The fried betutu chicken recipe is also very suitable for those of you who like chicken dishes cooked by frying. The taste of fried betutu chicken is also very delicious and surely addictive. Here is the recipe for fried betutu chicken that you can make at home:
Ingredients:
- 1 free-range chicken.
- Cooking oil.
Sufficient water.
Seasoning ingredients:
- 5 stalks of lemongrass.
- 3 bay leaves.
- 8 cloves of garlic.
- Bay leaf.
- 12 shallots.
- 5 cm turmeric.
- 5 candlenuts.
- Salt.
- Seasoning.
How to make fried betutu chicken:
- Grind the prepared seasoning ingredients. Then sauté together with bay leaves, lemongrass, and bay leaf until a fragrant aroma is released.
- Add sufficient water to the sautéed seasoning. Then put the chicken into it until the water is reduced.
- Lift the chicken that has been boiled with the seasoning. Then fry it with hot oil until golden brown.
- Fried betutu chicken is ready to be served.
So those are 3 delicious betutu chicken recipes, rich in spices and addictive. You can serve betutu chicken as the main menu for your family, especially when gathering with extended family. Don't forget to enjoy various betutu chicken dishes with warm rice to make it even more delicious and addictive.
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