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Tinoransak Chicken

Origin: North Sulawesi Province


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RecipeYield: 3 • PrepTime: P0H45M Indonesian main dish Chicken Tinoransak | AyamTinoransak, resep, asli, Indonesia, step-by-step
Tinoransak Chicken Spicay Dish

Notes, Tips & Tricks

Tinoransak Chicken is a very spicy chicken dish from Minahasan people who inhabit North Sulawesi Region. Many Indonesians also call them as Manadonese, refer to the capital city of North Sulawesi province. Manado cuisine is well known for their generous amount of spices that sometimes takes more than a half of the whole dish ingredients. The spices that commonly used in Minahasan cuisine include: lemongrass, kaffir-lime leaf, sweet basil leaf/daun kemangi, pandanus leaf, lime juice, birds chilli, spring onion, shallots, garlic and candlenut.

The Manadonese prefer to extremely hot and spicy food, mostly made from freshly chopped bird chili!! So if you are a chili lover, please feel free to try this recipe ;-)

Ingredients

Ingredients for 3 persons:

  1. 500 gr/1 lb/20 Oz chicken filet, cut in small lengthy pieces
  2. 1 onion, roughly sliced
  3. 1 stem lemon grass, outer leaves discarded, slice in 2 cm thinly cm
  4. 5 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
  5. 2 spring onions, slice in 1 cm long
  6. 2 bunch or a handfull of indonesian/thai basil leaves
  7. 1 tsp sugar
  8. 1 tsp salt or to taste
  9. 250 ml/8 fl.oz/1 cup water
  10. vegetable oil

    11. Spice, roughly pounded:

    1. 5 /50 gr shalllots, chopped
    2. 3 large red chillies , peeled
    3. 10-15 small red chillies / bird chillies , roughly chopped
    4. 2 cm/ 1 inch ginger, peeled
    Tinoransak Chicken Ingredients

Step-by-Step Instructions:

  1. 1

    Prepare and peel of the spices to be grinded, Chop in smaller pieces if necessary : shallots, chillies and ginger.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 1
  2. 2

    Put all ingredients for the paste in a blender or wet grinder and grind just roughly.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 2
  3. 3

    Prepare and slice onion, lemon grass, kaffir-lime leaves and spring onions.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 3
  4. 4

    Heat 3 tbsp oil in a wok or shallow pan over medium-high heat. Add the grinded spices, sliced lemon grass, kaffir-lime leaves & ginger.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 4
  5. 5

    Sautee and by stirring all the time until fragrant & well cooked (it takes about 3-5 minutes).

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 5
  7. 6

    Add the sliced onions and stir until just soft/wilted.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 6
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  9. 8 Add the chicken filet and stir to mix and until the chicken becomes harder and it's colour turns to whiten.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 8

  10. 9 Add the water, salt & sugar. Stir to mix.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 9
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  12. 11 Reduce the heat and cover the pan. Cook over medium heat until the chicken becomes tender.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 11

  13. 12 Add the spring onions and sweat/thai basil. Cook briefly until the leaves just wilted.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 12
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  15. 14 Adjust the taste. Add salt or sugar if necessary. Remove from heat & rerve hot with rice.

    Cooking Tinoransak Chicken Step 14

Note & Tips:

  1. Instead of chicken filet, you can also use bone-in chicken part such as chicken wings, chicken breast or whaterver you prefer and cut in smaller pieces to obtain the best taste.