3 Simple Recipes for Ayam Pop Padang, Addictive

Dream - Fans of Padang cuisine are certainly familiar with ayam pop. The color of this dish may look pale, but its savory taste makes many people addicted.

Unlike other typical Minang dishes that require a long time to cook, ayam pop is relatively easy to prepare with simple ingredients. Ingredients such as shallots, candlenuts, and ginger are the spices needed to make ayam pop.

In addition, prepare spices such as galangal, lemongrass, bay leaves, and kaffir lime leaves to give the distinctive Minang flavor to this dish. Curious about the details on how to make it? Check out the 3 ayam pop recipes that Dream has summarized from Diadona.

Resep Ayam Pop Padang

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 5 shallots
• 1 slice of ginger
• 1 roasted candlenut
• 10 bay leaves
• 1 stalk of lemongrass (sliced)
• A thumb-sized piece of galangal (sliced)
• 5 kaffir lime leaves
• Salt to taste
• Coconut water from 1 coconut

Red Chili Sauce Ingredients:

• A handful of mixed chili peppers
• 1 red tomato
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce
• 1 roasted candlenut
• 50 ml of water
• Salt to taste
• Seasoning powder to taste

How to Make:

1. Prepare the ingredients, then chop and grind the candlenut, garlic, shallots, and ginger using a blender until smooth
2. Prepare a pot with a base made of bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, and lemongrass
3. Put and arrange the skinned and cut chicken on top of the leaves and spices, then pour the previously ground seasoning over the chicken
4. Add coconut water to the pot containing the chicken and ground seasoning
5. Sprinkle salt, then stew the chicken until the coconut water in the pot runs out
6. Drain the cooked ayam pop, then fry it in hot oil for about 10 seconds until the chicken looks glossy, then remove and drain
7. Make the red chili sauce by putting tomatoes, chili peppers, candlenut, and 50 ml of water into a blender and blend until smooth
8. Boil the blended sauce by adding kaffir lime leaves, then stir continuously
9. Add salt, mushroom broth, and tomato sauce to the simmering sauce until it thickens
10. Taste the sauce until it reaches the desired flavor, then remove from heat when it has a thick texture
11. Serve the cooked ayam pop with the red chili sauce and warm rice

Resep Ayam Pop Ungkep

Ingredients:

• 2 free-range chickens
• 1 lime
• 1 tsp salt
• Clean the chicken, squeeze the lime juice and let it sit for a while
• 800 ml coconut water
• 6 bay leaves
• 6 kaffir lime leaves
• 3 lemongrass (bruised)
• 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger (bruised)
  

Ground Spices:

• 16 cloves of garlic
• 5 shallots
• 2 thumb-sized pieces of ginger
• 8 roasted candlenuts
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp white pepper
  

How to Make:

1. Cut the free-range chickens according to your preference.
2. Grind the garlic, shallots, ginger, candlenuts, salt, sugar, and white pepper until smooth using a blender.
3. Prepare a pot and add the bruised ginger, kaffir lime leaves, bay leaves, lemongrass, and ground spices.
4. Arrange the chicken on top of the spices and herbs, then add the coconut water and simmer the chicken over low heat for about 1 hour, then remove and set aside.

Green Chili Sauce Ingredients:

• 250 grams of green bell peppers or curly green chili peppers
• 3 handfuls of green bird's eye chili peppers
• 4 green tomatoes
• 10 shallots
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 lime
• 1 tsp salt or mushroom broth
• 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 200 ml hot oil
• 6 thinly sliced kaffir lime leaves
• 1 tbsp fried Medan anchovies
  

How to Make Green Chili Sauce:

1. Clean the green bell peppers, then rub them with lime to remove the fishy smell.
2. Saute all the ingredients for about 5 minutes, then add salt or mushroom broth.
3. Drain the sauteed ingredients, then roughly grind them.
4. Pour hot oil over the green chili sauce, then cook it on the stove by adding sugar, salt, fried anchovies, and kaffir lime leaves.
5. Serve the green chili sauce with the cooked ayam pop.

Resep Ayam Pop dengan Air Kelapa

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken, cut into pieces, remove the skin
• 400 ml coconut water
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 1 piece of ginger
• 1 piece of galangal

Ground Spices:

• 6 garlic cloves
• 8 shallots
• 3 candlenuts
• Salt
• Powdered broth 
  

Instructions: 

1. Blend shallots, garlic, candlenuts, salt, and powdered broth using a blender. 
2. Coat the chicken pieces with the ground spices and let it marinate for about 20 minutes. 
3. Steam the chicken with bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, ginger, galangal, and ground spices, then pour in the coconut water.
4. Cook until the chicken is cooked and the coconut water is reduced, then drain.
5. Fry the steamed chicken briefly in hot oil.

Sambal Ingredients:

• 10 boiled red chilies
• 5 boiled shallots
• 1 boiled tomato
• 2 raw tomatoes (sliced)
• Salt
• Sugar
  

Instructions for Sambal:

1. Blend boiled red chilies, boiled shallots, and boiled tomato using a blender or mortar and pestle.
2. Sauté the ground sambal until fragrant, then add the sliced tomatoes and sprinkle with sugar and salt.
3. Cook until the sliced tomatoes wilt and are cooked.
4. Serve the sambal with freshly cooked steamed chicken pop ungkep.

(Source: Diadona)

Resep Risol Bihun Rendah Kalori, Cocok untuk yang Sedang Diet

Dream - Fried foods appear healthy when viewed from their basic ingredients. The way they are processed and the additional seasonings make their calories higher and less healthy if consumed too often.

The healthy basic ingredients of fried foods can be modified. Dream friends can also reduce the calories of fried foods with the right ingredients and cooking methods.

Risol bihun is one of the fried foods that can be modified to be lower in calories. Pay attention to how to make risol bihun from Culinary Content Creator, the owner of the Instagram account @boredtesa.recipes, to make it lower in calories.

Ingredients:

• 25 grams of bihun
• 100 grams of chicken breast
• 50 grams of carrots
• 8 grams of scallions
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 shallot
• 1/2 tablespoon of oil
• Salt
• Seasoning
• Pepper
• 5 pieces of rice paper with a diameter of 22 cm

How to make low-calorie risol bihun:

1. Boil the bihun until it has a chewy and soft texture.
2. Cut the chicken breast into small pieces.
3. Saute the garlic and shallot.
4. Mix the sauteed garlic with the chicken breast, carrots, and bihun.
5. Add salt, seasoning, and pepper. Stir well.
6. Lift the risol filling and place it on the dampened rice paper.
7. Roll the risol and repeat until all the rice paper and filling are used up.
8. Cook the risol with an air fryer at a temperature of 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes and serve.