Ayam Betutu

Balinese spiced chicken wrapped and slow-roasted.

Ingredients

• 1.6 kg Whole chicken
• 10 Shallots
• 8 cloves Garlic
• 10 Red chilies
• 2 tbsp Turmeric
• 3 tbsp Galangal
• 5 Candlenuts
• 1 tbsp Shrimp paste
• 3 stalks Lemongrass
• 300 g Cassava leaves
• 6 Banana leaves
• 2 tsp Salt

Method

1. Make the base genep — Grind all the spices, chilies and aromatics into the Balinese master paste and fry it 10 minutes.
2. Stuff — Push paste under the skin, inside the cavity, and mix some with the cassava leaves for the stuffing.
3. Wrap — Wrap the whole bird tightly in banana leaves.
4. Slow roast — Cook at 150°C for 3 hours, traditionally buried in rice husk embers.
5. Rest — Let it stand 15 minutes still wrapped.
6. Ayam Betutu is ready — Unwrap at the table and pull the meat apart.

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