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Ayam suwir pedas

Sambal Chicken

3.02 from 428 votes
Sambal chicken, better known in Indonesia as ayam suwir pedas, is a delicious and easy spicy chicken recipe.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Indonesian Sambal 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Indonesian sambal bawang. My homemade sambal recipe can be found here.
  • 10 cups cooked shredded chicken
  • 1 lime and lime leaves (optional)
  • 1 green onion
  • 1 tsp chicken bouillon
  • dash white pepper
  • cooked rice
  • shrimp crackers (optional)
Ingredients for my homemade Indonesian Sambal (refer to link for full sambal recipe)
  • 7 cloves garlic
  • 4-5 shallots
  • 5 large red chilies
  • 1 cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • small squeeze of lime

Method
 

  1. Shred 10 cups of cooked chicken and set aside. If you are using my homemade Indonesian sambal recipe follow the recipe instructions listed in sambal recipe before starting this chicken with sambal sauce. Sambal recipe will take about 30 minutes to make.
  2. In a large pan, heat up sambal. If you are using sambal that isn't oil based, you will need to add cooking oil and make adjustments. I highly recommend making this chicken with sambal recipe using my homemade sambal sauce recipe.
  3. Add in 1 teaspoon of chicken bouillon, dash of white pepper, squeeze of lime, and a few lime leaves if you have some. Mix everything together and simmer on low for a minute or so.
  4. Add in shredded chicken to sambal. Sprinkle chopped green onions. Adjust taste to preference by adding more salt, sugar, or lime juice.
  5. Enjoy chicken with sambal sauce over a hot bowl of white rice and shrimp crackers.