Crispy Spiced Fried Chicken 香料炸鸡

The secret to these incredibly flavourful, juicy and crispy Spiced Fried Chicken... First simmer them in this amazing blend of spices to seal in the aroma, then deep fry to perfection! Best enjoyed with our Cucumber and Pineapple Pickle!

📝 Ingredients

• 6 chicken drumsticks (or 1 chicken, cut into pieces)
• 1 stalk lemongrass (bruised)
• 2 bay leaves (optional)
• 2 cups oil (for deep frying)
• 3 stalks curry leaves
• 5 candlenuts (buah keras)
• 1 tsp coriander seeds (biji ketumbar)
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds (jintan putih)
• 5 cloves garlic
• 2 inch galangal (buah lengkuas, peeled and sliced into small pieces)
• 2 inch fresh ginger (peeled and sliced into small pieces)
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 100 ml water
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp ground white pepper

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- Preparing Ingredients: ---
2. 2Start by preparing and cutting all ingredients needed to make the spice paste.
3. 3Clean and drained well chicken drumsticks or chicken pieces cut into serving portions. Also rinse well bay leaves and bruised a lemongrass. And we're ready to make the spice paste.
4. 4--- Make Spice Paste: ---
5. 5To make the paste, first stir fry candlenuts, coriander and cumin seeds in a skillet over low heat till fragrant. Then grind them in a blender till fine.
6. 6Next, add in galangal, ginger, turmeric powder, garlic, salt and water and grind to form a smooth paste.
7. 7--- To fry chicken: ---
8. 8Heat up oil and stir fry the spice paste till fragrant. Add the chicken pieces and continue to stir fry over medium heat to coat the chicken with the spice paste. Add in sugar and ground white pepper. Then toss in lemongrass and bay leaves. Cover the wok and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
9. 9While simmering, be sure to turn the spice coated chicken pieces from time to time until all the moisture is absorbed and the chicken meat turns tender. When done, discard bay leaves and bruised lemongrass and remove the chicken pieces from the wok. And we're ready to fry the chicken pieces!
10. 10Heat enough oil in a wok until very hot. Add in curry leaves to infuse the oil with aromatic curry leaves flavour. Then discard the curry leaves. In batches, add the spice coated chicken pieces and deep fry over high heat until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Drain well and we're done!
11. 11Serve hot with pickle vegetables and rice. Enjoy!