Turmeric Chicken
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Ingredients
- 1whole chicken(chopped into pieces)
For pounding / blending together
- 200g fresh turmeric
- 150g shallots
- 2stalks lemongrass
- 1tbsp white peppercorn
- 1piece cili padi(optional)
For marinating
- 1tbsp soya sauce
- 1tbsp salt
For cooking
- 3tbsp cooking oil
- 3-4 pandan (screwpine) leaves(cut into 4 peices)
- ½cup water
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Instructions
- In a pestle and mortar or blender, blend all the ingredients for blending/pounding together until it forms a paste.
- Marinate the chicken with soya sauce and salt.
- In a large wok, heat up the oil and stir-fry the blended paste until it smells aromatic. Add the marinated chicken and pandan leaves and stir well. Add water, cover with a lid and cook on low heat until the chicken is cooked. You can add more water if you want the dish to have more gravy.
Recipe Notes
This recipe by Joyce Siow is one of four recipes published on Star2.com. Read the full article at https://www.star2.com/food/2018/02/07/chinese-food-made-tender-loving-care/
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Thanks, I’m so glad to find this recipe, will definitely make it next week. Yummy!
I am interested in trying out this recipe but we do not get fresh turmeric here in Sydney. Can I substitute with turmeric powder? If so how many tea spooons of turmeric should I use?
John Isaacs
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My dad cooks this all the time with turmeric powder. Not sure about the amount, it was “agak agak” all the time, but obviously there should be enough to coat the chicken & to make the sauce orange. 🙂
You can get fresh tumeric at China town
Any Asian shop which sells screwpine leaves and lemongrass will have it. U can also add tumeric leaves sliced finely ….
Enjoy the dish.
Dry turmeric powder is better than fresh turmeric. Fresh Turmeric may have very strong smell and it may spoil the curry taste. Dry turmeric powder is better.
John, fresh tumeric is easily available in most Asian grocers in Sydney together with most Asian herbs like Thai basil, lemongrass and pandan. I’ve also seen it at IGAs. Good luck with your search. Fresh herbs will open up a new world of flavours that dried herbs just can’t duplicate.
I believe this dish should be tagged under Malay cuisine. The ingredients are endemic to Malay Indonesian Cooking.
Is it not enough that it was tagged under “MALAYSIAN” cuisine? What difference does it make?
Tumeric, lemongrass, shallot, peppercorn, screwpine leaf are used widely in asian cuusine like Thailand, Vietnam , Cambodia, Indonesia and more. Its not Malay.cuisine but a Nyonya cuisine transcends from two culture, Chinese and Malay. Its a simple dish Penang folks cook often for the family.
True. Nyonya dish which my melaka nyonya mum cooked often when I was young. I love the dish.
This is so delicious and I have been cooking this dish EVERYDAY now. Well, that’s the perk of living alone.