Ayam rica. Rica means chili in North Sulawesi language, so ayam rica-rica translates to chicken with chili sauce. If you love bold, spicy, fresh, and citrusy dishes, you will definitely love ayam rica-rica. Maybe just add one or two bird eye chilies if this is the first time making this dish, especially if you have kiddies eating this too. Ayam rica

You can have Ayam rica using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ayam rica
  1. It’s 1/2 kg of ayam potong.
  2. You need 10 siung of cabai rawit merah.
  3. It’s 6 siung of bawang merah.
  4. You need 4 siung of bawang putih.
  5. Prepare 1 ruas of lengkuas.
  6. Prepare 1 ruas of kunyit.
  7. Prepare 1 ruas of jahe.
  8. Prepare 2 lembar of daun salam.
  9. You need 1 batang of serai.
  10. You need 1/2 of gula merah.
  11. It’s 1/2 sendok teh of merica bubuk.
  12. It’s 1/2 sendok teh of gula pasir.
  13. It’s 1/2 sendok teh of garam.
  14. It’s of Royco / penyedap.
  15. You need of Minyak goreng.

Rica means chilli in local language. This region is well-known as their delicious spicy food. So it's not unusual for them to cook the meal with lot of chillies. My aunt in Surabaya used to make it while they were having a celebration, even though she is not.

Ayam rica step by step

  1. Rebus ayam yg sudah di potong dan di cuci bersih, tambahkan 1 sendok teh garam dan 2 lembar daun salam. Jika sudah mendidih tiriskan.

  2. Haluskan bumbu dengan cara apapun kecuali lengkuas, daun salam dan serai..

  3. Panaskan minyak dan tumis bumbu halus lalu masukan lengkuas, daun salam dan serai. Tumis hingga harum dan berubah warna.

  4. Masukkan ayam yg sudah di rebus lalu tambahkan 2 gelas air dan gula merah..

  5. Tunggu hingga air berkurang dan bumbu meresap.

Ayam rica-rica is one of Indonesian culinary, precisely from Manado, North Sulawesi. The word Rica is derived from the language of Manado which means spicy or chili. Recipes to make ayam rica-rica are diverse, so are the ways of cooking it. The similarities are simply the spicy taste and red color from red chilies. Nah, ayam rica-rica ini bisa jadi sajian makan pagi siang maupun malam.