Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss). Note: Wear plastic gloves before you do this part!. Press half of the cooked warm. Lemper ayam is basically a steamed glutinous rice/sticky rice snack with chicken floss (or other savory) filling, and typically wrapped in banana leaves. Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss)

You can have Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss) using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss)
  1. You need of For the glutinous rice:.
  2. It’s of banana leaves for wrapping.
  3. You need of glutinous rice, washed, soaked in water for 3 hours, drained.
  4. You need of coconut milk 2 Indonesian bay leaves.
  5. Prepare of pandan leaf.
  6. You need of sugar.
  7. You need of salt.
  8. You need of Chicken Floss Filling:.
  9. You need of boneless chicken breast, boiled until cooked, finely shredded.
  10. It’s of kaffir lime leaves.
  11. It’s of Indonesian bay leaves.
  12. It’s of coconut milk.
  13. It’s of salt or to taste.
  14. It’s of sugar or to taste.
  15. It’s of vegetable oil.
  16. You need of Ground spices:.
  17. It’s of shallots.
  18. Prepare of garlic.
  19. You need of nut megs.
  20. You need of white pepper powder.

Lemper is steamed glutinous rice filled with spiced chicken floss (or other spiced meat floss, but chicken seems to be most popular), then shaped into an oblong, and wrapped in banana leaves. Roll it and wrap it like picture, at both end you can use stapler or tooth pick. In a pan, grill the pouch each side till banana leaf turn color. Transfer the chicken to a baking dish or pan, as you will need to grill the chicken in the oven later.

Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss) instructions

  1. For the glutinous rice: Heat the steamer over high heat until hot and boiling..

  2. Steam glutinous rice for 15 minutes. In another pot, bring the coconut milk to boil. Remove from the heat. Remove the glutinous rice from the steamer..

  3. Add the glutinous rice into the hot coconut oil. Mix well. Continue to stir until the coconut milk is absorbed by the rice..

  4. Steam for another 30 minutes until the rice is soft and cooked through. Remove from the heat. Set aside..

  5. How to cook the chicken floss: Heat vegetable oil over medium high heat. Sauté ground spices, kaffir lime leaves, and bay leaves until fragrant. Add shreded chicken. Add salt dan sugar. Test the taste..

  6. Continue to sauté until the coconut milk is absorbed. Keep storing until the chicken is dry. Remove from the heat. Set aside..

  7. How to assemble the lemper: Divide the glutinous rice into 2 parts. Note: Wear plastic gloves before you do this part!.

  8. Press half of the cooked warm glutinous rice into a 20x20 cm baking pan using the tip of a spoon (or you can use your fingers. Please make sure you wear plastic gloves so the rice won’t stick to your fingers). Really pack it down hard!.

  9. Spread the filling evenly leaving no gap all over the rice..

  10. Spread the other half of the rice on top of the filling. Pack it down hard again!.

  11. Let the ‘lemper’ cool down completely before cutting. Use a plastic knife or a knife coated with plastic to cut the lemper..

  12. Wrap each piece with banana leaves..

  13. Grilled them on top of lined frying pan until fragrant and the banana leaves turn to brown. Yum! 😋.

Put the lemper on broil for a few minutes until the banana leaves are toasted. If the rice is too mushy/overcooked, don't be afraid and just make your lemper! Set an oven on low heat and put the lemper until they dry out. Sort of sticky rice dumpling stuffed with stuffed shredded spiced chicken. Ayam Bakar Taliwang is a type of Indonesian grilled chicken from Lombok.