Lemper Ayam (Sticky Rice With Chicken Filling)

Lemper Ayam (Sticky Rice With Chicken Filling)

20 servings
1 hour 1 hour prep
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Sticky rice
500 g sticky rice, soaked for 2 hours, then steamed for 15 minutes
500 ml coconut milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 lemongrass, bruised
2 bay leaves
Stuffing
250 g chicken breasts, boiled
4 bay leaves
6 kaffir lime leaves
1 tablespoon tamarind juice
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
200 ml coconut milk
5 shallots
3 garlic cloves
3 candlenuts, toasted
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt


Sticky rice:.

put to boil the coconut milk with salt, lemon grass, and bay leaves put. Put it the presteamed sticky rice until the coconut milk fully absorbed by the rice.

Stuffing:.

Shred the chicken breast.

Crush the shallots, garlic, candlenuts, coriander seeds, granulated sugar, and salt.

Sauté the crushed spices in the vegetable oil until fragrant. Put in the shredded chicken breast, coconut milk, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, and tamarind juice. Cook until of the coconut milk fully absorbed.

Spread half of the sticky rice onto a box shaped cake mould, spread the chicken stuffing, and then spread the other half of the sticky rice on top of the stuffing. Steamed until the the sticky rice is fully cooked.

Unmold, cut into 20 square pieces, the wrap in banana leaves. Ready to serve.