Crunchy Fried Chicken or Ayam Kremes... (kres.. kres.. )

Welcome back...

Our topic today is about chicken. I like to cook chicken. Because, I think chicken is a simple ingredient to make various dishes. We can eat it as a side dish or mix it with another ingredients. There are many methods to cook chicken, such as boiled, fried, deep fried, sauteed, steamed, grilled, roasted and etc. I will tell you about the different method of cooking between Indonesian, Chinese and Western food. If I am not mistaken, Indonesian cuisine usually use boil or deep fried as common methods. Where Chinese cuisine use sauteed, fried or steamed methods. And Western cuisine use grilled or  roasted method. But I am open to any suggestion. Let me know!!!

Ayam kremes is a popular food in Indonesia, especially in the town where I was born, Surabaya. The most popular restaurant for Ayam Kremes in Surabaya is Ny. Suharti. I hope they also have Ny. Suharti in the Netherlands so I don't need to make this Ayam Kremes by myself. Hehehehehe...

In Indonesian cuisine, we often use coconut milk, candle nuts, bay leaves, lemongrass, kaffir leaves, galangal, ginger, turmeric, coriander and another herbs. So, don't be surprise if you have a lot herbs in your kitchen. Hehehhe...

I will explain you what is Ayam Kremes. Ayam means chicken and Kremes is that little brown flakes. And if you eat that flakes, your will hear that lovely, crispy sound. Kres...kres... That's why it's called Kremes.

Let's start cooking the Ayam Kremes

serves : 4 portions

Ingredients:

• 1,2kg chicken, cut into 6 pieces 
• 800 water
• 2 lime, squeeze to get the juice.
• 600ml coconut milk
• 8 bay leaves
• salt and sugar to taste
• oil to deep fry 

Spices Paste Ingredients:

• 10 cloves garlic
• 10 shallots
• 7 candlenuts
• 2tbs coriander seeds
• 2 cm galangal

For Kremes:

• 5tbs fried thinly sliced garlic
• 500ml chicken broth ( a left over from boiling chicken with spices), if the chicken broth is less than 500ml, you can add water.
• 1 egg, beaten
• 200gr rice flour
• salt and pepper to taste
• oil to deep fry

Kremes Liquid

Method of cooking the chicken:

1. First, wash the chicken. Then put it into a pot of water, add lime juice, bay leaves, and coconut milk. After that, simmer it.
2. Blend the spice paste ingredients with a food processor. Add some water if needed. (You can take the water from the first step). 
3. Add the spice paste ingredients into the pot and cook over medium heat about 20-30 minutes or until the liquid is about 500 milliliter left. 
4. Remove the chicken from the pot, set aside and deep fry it until the color changed a little bit brown.

 Method of cooking the kremes:

Kremesan

1. Blend the fried garlic, then mix it with rice flour, pepper, salt and beaten egg in a big bowl.
2. Add the leftover chicken broth, then mix them well. 
3. Using a ladle, pour 1 ladle of kremes mixture into a pan full of oil over high heat. When the color is turned brown, quickly strain it from the oil. Absorb the excess oil with kitchen paper. Repeat this until you finish your ingredient.
4. You can eat this Ayam Kremes with warm rice and sambal terasi. ENJOY YOUR DINNER. ^^

Your Dinner ^^