Chicken rendang: a rich, aromatic Malaysian dish

Chicken Rendang with Milkio Ghee is a mouthwatering recipe.

Chicken Rendang is one of the most popular Indonesian Chicken dishes in Thailand and throughout Asia. It is a “dry” curry dish, which means the sauce is smoldered down to a minimum. The recipe is also known as Rendang Ayam.

Originating in West Sumatra, Chicken Rendang’s rich history dates back centuries. This slow-cooked dish evolved from the Minangkabau culture, combining coconut milk, aromatic herbs, and spices. Originally a method of preserving meat, it transformed into a beloved recipe, showcasing Indonesia’s culinary prowess. Today, Rendang holds cultural significance, celebrated worldwide for its complex flavors, embodying the essence of Indonesian gastronomy.

The preparation is so distilled that the sauce sticks to the meat, making this dish flavorful. Wide varieties of spices are used, making the dish yummy and healthy. Here goes the recipe detail for your trial in the kitchen:

Ingredients for chicken marinating

• Chicken: 1.5 kg: cut into 12 pieces and washed with salt, rinsed well,
• Coconut milk: 250ml
• Water: 100ml
• Salt: at par taste.

Ingredient for preparing ground: the process has to be followed precisely.

• Shallots: 4 cloves
• Garlic: 4 cloves
• Dry Chilies: 15 stalks
• Meat curry powder: 2 tablespoons
• Ginger: 1 thumb-size piece
• Tamarind paste: 3/4 tablespoon
• Brown sugar: 1 tablespoon
• Dark soy sauce: 2 Teaspoon
• Fish sauce: 4 Tbsp.
• Turmeric: 1/2 tsp.
• Ground coriander: 1 heaping tablespoon.
• Ground cumin: 1 tablespoon.
• Cinnamon: 1 1/2 teaspoon.
• Nutmeg: 1/4 Teaspoon.
• Cloves: 1/4 Teaspoon.
• Lemongrass: 2 tablespoons fresh, finely chopped
• Milkio’s grass-fed  Ghee: 3 tablespoons.

The balance and depth of flavors of the chicken rendang recipe are remarkable. However, the best part of this recipe is that it does not require many ingredients here, and the ingredients can aromatize the chicken pieces with the exotic spices added here.

However,  the recipe may have a constraint. It is a slow recipe and may demand long hours to get cooked finally. However, in the cooking process mentioned here, you can manage the chicken cooking faster than the traditional process.

Instructions for the cooking: How to cook chicken rendang?

• Heat Milkio’s grass-fed ghee in the cooking pot.
• Once the ghee is heated, add all ground-making ingredients to the ghee.
• Slow down the flame and keep on sautéing.
• Once the ground becomes tender and seems half-cooked, add chicken pieces,
• Start stirring so the mix gets blended evenly with a low flame for 5-7 minutes.
• Then add meat curry powder, water, and milk.
• Keep on stirring the rendang until the gravy gets slightly thickened.
• Add salt according to taste.
• Sprinkle with chopped turmeric leaves before serving your cooked Chicken Rendang. Sprinkle Milkio’s ghee with 2 teaspoons as garnishing.

The quantity suggested here is sufficient for 4-6 people, and it takes 35-40 minutes to prepare the chicken recipe.

Enjoy yummy Chicken rendang with Milkio’s Ghee: take care of your taste bud and digestive health in one go.

Why grass-fed ghee is the best option for this recipe?

If you prepare Chicken Rendang with grass-fed ghee, you can add spicy garlic flavor to your cooking. It will make your cooked dish spicier and more flavorful.

Chicken Rendang is a slow-cooking recipe that needs high-heat cooking. Ghee is a safer cooking oil for high-heat cooking as it offers a high smoke point.

Instead of common cooking oils like canola, olive oil, or butter, ghee is safer for cooking this chicken recipe. 

The benefits of using Milkio grass-fed ghee:

• Milkio grass-fed ghee offers wholesome grass-fed goodness.
• The ghee contains fat-soluble vitamins and healthy fatty acids, which help maintain a robust, healthy digestive system and colon.
• Milkio grass-fed ghee is shelf-stable. You can keep it up to 18 months from its manufacturing date at room temperature.

About Milkio Grass-fed ghee:

Try Milkio grass-fed ghee, which is prepared in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients. Milkio grass-fed ghee is all-natural and does not contain artificial color, flavor, and chemical preservatives.

Milkio grass-fed ghee products are verified as non-GMO. Milkio Foods, the leading grass-fed ghee manufacturer and exporter, produces them. The ghee is all-natural and offers an intense nutty feel-good aroma, rich, creamy texture, and additive-free quality, making it a superfood for the kitchen.

Milkio Ghee is gluten, lactose, casein, carb, sugar, and chemical-free product safe for consuming lactose intolerants and casein sensitives. It is keto and paleo diet-friendly.  Milkio ghee products do not contain artificial color, flavor, or preservatives.

Milkio ghee offers a high smoke point. It is shelf-stable dairy oil you can store in the kitchen at room temperature for up to 18 months from the manufacturing date. To buy Milkio ghee, you may order at the Milkio website.

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