Malaysian Red-Cooked Chicken | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
This, properly called ayam masak merah, gets its red colour as much from the fiery chilli paste at its base as from the tomatoes.
Keywords
- Asian Inspired
- Egg Free
- Nut Free
- Dairy Free
- Chicken
- Gluten Free
- Curry
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- Mixing bowl
- Skillet
- Cast iron skillet
- Paper towel
- Can opener
- Measuring spoon
- Measuring cup
- Kitchen scale
- Chef's knife
- Cutting board
- Stove
- Dish
- Gloves
- Wooden spoon
- Tongs
- Spoon
- Saucepan
- Colander
Ingredients
- 6 long dried red chillies (not the small dried bird’s eye chillies)
- 1 large red onion (peeled and roughly chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic (peeled and roughly chopped)
- 5 centimetres (25g) fresh ginger (peeled and sliced)
- 3 fresh red chillies (roughly chopped with seeds intact)
- 2 x 15ml tablespoons sunflower oil
- 2 sticks lemongrass (trimmed and bruised)
- 3 x 15ml tablespoons tomato puree
- 12 chicken thighs (bone in and skin removed)
- 1 x 400 grams can chopped tomatoes
- 200 millilitres coconut milk
- ½ teaspoon Maldon sea salt flakes
- 2 shallots (peeled and thinly sliced)
- 3 - 4 x 15ml tablespoons sunflower oil
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