Pepes Ayam

Ingredients

• 500 gr chicken
• lemon juice from 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoon of cooking oil
• 2 pieces of red chili, sliced
• 2 pieces of lemon grass, sliced 10 cm
• 4 pieces of salam leaves
• lemon basil
• banana leaf for wrapping

Tips: you could change banana leaf with alumunium foil, but, the special fragrance in banana leaf made pepes even more tastier

Grinded Ingredients

• 4 cloves of garlic
• 4 cloves of shallot
• 3 piece of red chili
• 5 piece of candlenut
• 1 cm fresh ginger
• 2 cm of galangale
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• salt

Grind all ingredients in a mortar

Cooking Direction

• Chop chicken, washed, smear with lemon juice, and marinade for 15 minutes. set aside.
• smear chicken with grinded ingredients
• Wrapped chicken in banana leaves, smear grinded ingredients, add salam leaves, lemon grass, lemon basil and galangale. add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
• Wrapped tightly and steam for 30 minutes in medium heat.
• Served hot with cooked rice