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Assam Pedas Chicken
Malay Heritage

Assam Pedas Chicken

Asam Pedas Chicken (using the PHILIPS PRESSURE COOKER) Makes 4 servings

Prep20m
Cook30m
Total50m
Difficultyeasy
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Asam Pedas Chicken (using the PHILIPS PRESSURE COOKER) Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

4 servings
  • Ingredients to blend
  • · 2 onions
  • · 3 cloves of garlic
  • · 1 tsp roasted shrimp paste/belacan
  • Other ingredients
  • · ½ a chicken, cut into 8 pieces
  • · ½ a cup of chilli paste
  • · 1 tbsp of tamarind paste/asam jawa diluted in 1 cup of
  • water, remove stones
  • · 2 lemongrass/serai, bruised
  • · 1 tsp of salt
  • · 1 handful of daun kesum

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Pour the blended items over the chicken.

  2. 2.

    Put in the chilli paste, tamarind juice, lemongrass and salt into the PHILIPS Pressure Cooker.

  3. 3.

    Mix everything till well combined.

  4. 4.

    Press 'CHICKEN' and 'START'. Make sure the vent is closed and pointed towards pressure cooking.

  5. 5.

    When the Asam Pedas Chicken is cooked, turn the vent to release the pressure and put in the daun kesum.