Ayam Betutu (Chicken in Balinese spices). Betutu is the Balinese term for using a whole chicken marinated in rich aromatic spices and herbs and then steamed and/or grill. Ayam betutu is made super spicy in Gilimanung and in Klungkung, the betutu is stuffed with spices and veggies like cassava leaves or kale. Betutu is an Indonesian-Balinese dish of steamed or roasted chicken or duck in rich bumbu betutu (betutu spice mix). Ayam Betutu (Chicken in Balinese spices)

You can have Ayam Betutu (Chicken in Balinese spices) using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Ayam Betutu (Chicken in Balinese spices)
  1. You need 1/2 of free range chicken (rub with salt and lime for 30 min).
  2. It’s of Blended spices.
  3. It’s 1 of thumb of ginger.
  4. You need 1 of thumb of galangal.
  5. It’s of Small pcs of turmeric.
  6. It’s 5 of candlenut.
  7. It’s 3 pcs of lemongrass.
  8. It’s 7 of shallots.
  9. It’s 4 of garlic cloves.
  10. Prepare of Oil.
  11. It’s of Sugar.
  12. It’s of Salt.
  13. Prepare of Roughly chopped spices.
  14. It’s 2 pcs of lemongrass.
  15. You need 5 of bay leaves.
  16. It’s 3 of lime leaves.
  17. You need 3 of shallots.
  18. It’s of Additional.
  19. It’s of Banana leaves for cover.
  20. It’s of Aluminium foil.

Season with salt and stir well. Ayam betutu is one of my all-time favourite dishes. Place the chicken into the bowl, and then mix well with ¾ of the spice paste and add the bay leaves. Ayam Betutu - Chicken with spices.

Ayam Betutu (Chicken in Balinese spices) step by step

  1. Blend all the blended spices.

  2. Heat a pan, sauteé the blended spice until fragrant. Afterwards, bring the roughly chopped spices in until it's cooked..

  3. Rinse the chicken well, place it on the banana leaves, then rub it with the cooked spices. Wrap in the leaves and let it cool in the fridge for minimum an hour (better overnight)..

  4. Next, wrap the banana leaves with aluminium foil and steam the chicken until it's tender (mine roughly 1 hour)..

Betutu is a Balinese dish of steamed or roasted chicken or duck. This highly seasoned and spiced dish is a popular dish in Bali and Lombok. Another spices recipes from Bali, Gods Island. This recipe was modified from my cookbook that I brought from Indonesia, Hidangan Ayam ala Resto by Sufi S. In that cookbook, I saw a recipe Bebek Betutu which Bebek means duck in bahasa Indonesia.