Spicy Fried Chicken with Sweek Soy Sauce

Name: Spicy Fried Chicken with Sweet Soy Sauce
Ingredients: 8 pc chicken wings (or 500/1 lb chicken, cut in two, washed); 1 pc lime or lemon , halved, use the juice; 7 pc shalotts, roughly pounded; 2 pc kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced; ½ tsp ground pfeffer; 4 tbsp Indonesian sweet soya sauce / Kecap Manis; 1 tsp sugar; salat to taste; vegetable oil to fry chicken wings; 10 pc big red chillis (add more birds chillis if you like it more spicy); 3 gloves garlic; 1 cm fresh ginger; 5 pc candlenuts, roughly chopped or crashed (optional)

Origin: Madura

Ingredients

8 pc chicken wings or 500/1 lb chicken, cut in two, washed
1 pc lime or lemon , halved, use the juice
7 pc shalotts, roughly pounded
2 pc kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
½ tsp ground pfeffer
4 tbsp Indonesian sweet soya sauce / Kecap Manis
1 tsp sugar
salat to taste
vegetable oil to fry chicken wings

For the paste

10 pc big red chillis (add more birds chillis if you like it more spicy)
3 gloves garlic
1 cm fresh ginger
5 pc candlenuts, roughly chopped or crashed (optional)

Spicy Fried Chicken with Sweet Soy Sauce

To get the optimum result, use only the original Indonesian sweet soy sauce or known as Kecap Manis. This sauce is thick, sweet and contains almost no salt. This isthe simple trick to recognize it's originality:

1. They usually label it completely "Kecap Manis or Ketjap instead of Indonesian sweet soy sauce only".

2. Just shake the bottle downside, if the sauce has a thick, almost syrupy consistency then you get it right. If it flows like water then never think a twice to even try, coz I have enough experience with them, especially in my first year living abroad and was desperately looking for my "beloved Kecap Manis" 😉

Instructions

Put the chicken in a bowl. Rub and mix with salt, pepper and lime or lemon juice. Keep aside in a refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Put all ingredients for the paste except shallots in a wet mill/grinder and grind/blend until smooth.
Pound the shallots just roungly. Put aside.
Heat 50 ml oil in a frying pan, fry the chickens until golden brown. Set aside to drain.
Heat 2 tbsp used oil in another pan, stir fry/sautee the shallot until transparent & fragrant. Add the paste and kaffir-lime leaves. Stirring all the time until well cooked & fragrant (approx. 3 minutes).
Add the fried chicken wings. Stir to mix.
Add kecap manis and cook for a while on low heat until the paste is being absorbed into the chicken.
Adjust the seasoning, add salt or sugar if necessary. Serve right away with rice.