Braised Chicken (Semur Ayam)

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Good Morning!

I have been having fun watching birds visiting through my birdcam, so am a bit slow in sharing cooking/baking recipe(s) these days 😅

I haven't even updated my recipe site and I was like, holy moly, I need to add 18 (new) recipes to my site. They were shared on YouTube and/or Hive.blog alrrady, but not yet to my own website 😅

Anyhoo!

This following dish is basing on Indonesian food called Semur Ayam. The difference is that, in my household I use common bay leaf, ghee, and vinegar. In Indonesia, we don't use them for our Semur Ayam. So maybe I should say Semur Ayam Canada style? 🤣

Semur Ayam is normally sweet btw, and that's the main thing about this dish, sweet braised chicken 😊

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1 onion
2 tbsp ghee
5 garlic
16 pieces of chicken thighs
1 L hot boiling water
2 bay leaves
2 beef cubes
2 tbsp vinegar
3 tbsp sweet soy sauce
Freshly cracked pepper

Thinly slice garlic and onion, saute them in ghee for a minute or two, until fragrant

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Stir in chicken pieces and coat nicely with the ghee, cook for 2 minutes

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Pour in hot boiling water and add in bay leaves, beef cubes, and vinegar. Cook covered on medium heat for 20 minutes, until chicken cooked through

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Stir in sweet soy sauce (kecap manis), and season with freshly cracked black pepper

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You can thicken the broth if you'd like to, by stirring in flour or starch solution, if not, leave it as is

Serve with warm rice