Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken in spicy tamarind sauce (ayam asam pedas). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken in spicy tamarind sauce (ayam asam pedas) using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken in Spicy Tamarind Sauce (Ayam Asam Pedas):

1. Prepare Chicken Meat (boneless, cut into pieces)
2. Take Salt (marinate)
3. Take Sambal Paste (blend well);
4. Make ready Dried Chilli (deseed, rehydrated)
5. Take Shallots
6. Get Garlic
7. Get Ginger Root
8. Take Galangal Root
9. Take Turmeric Root
10. Make ready Fermented Shrimp Paste (Belacan)
11. Make ready Lemongrass Stalk (white part)
12. Get Aromatics;
13. Get Ginger Flower (slice in half)
14. Make ready Lemongrass (bruised)
15. Get Vietnamese Mint (Daun Kesum)
16. Get Other Ingredients;
17. Prepare Cooking Oil
18. Prepare Sugar
19. Make ready Water
20. Make ready Okra
21. Get Tomatoes (quartered)
22. Take Vietnamese Mint leaves (finely chopped, garnish)

Instructions to make Chicken in Spicy Tamarind Sauce (Ayam Asam Pedas):

1. MARINATE; Salt the chicken and set aside for 30 minutes or more.
2. COOK THE PASTE; heat 3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil until hot, then add the Sambal Paste. Cook the Paste until the oil separates.
3. TAMARIND; once the oil separates, add the Tamarind juice, Aromatics, Sugar and mix well. Bring it to a gentle boil and cover with a lid. Cook for 5 minutes and stirring occasionally.
4. CHICKEN; After 5 minutes, DISCARD the Aromatics, turn down the heat to a Simmer and then add in the Chicken. Cover with a lid and cook for 5 minutes while stirring occasionally.
5. VEGGIES; after 5 minutes, add the tomatoes and okra. Cover with lid and cook for 2 minutes. After that, remove the lid and season with Salt if necessary.
6. OPTIONAL; the dish is basically done but if you want to thicken the gravy, simply continue to simmer without a lid for another 5-10 minutes. You might want to remove the Okra and set it aside but you can leave the tomatoes and chicken in.
7. SERVE with cooked rice and garnish with Vietnamese Mint leaves.

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