DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Ayam Kecap
Chicken in a glossy, spicy kecap-manis glaze.
About Ayam Kecap
Anita Jacobson’s ayam kecap pedas is an Indonesian sweet-soy chicken preparation. Her version combines chicken pieces with kecap manis and a chilli-and-candlenut spice paste.
Ginger, garlic and shallots flavour the paste, with separate large red and green chillies added during cooking and at the finish. Sweet soy sauce and sugar give the glaze its sweet character.
The reduced sauce forms a glossy coating over the tender chicken described in the source. The finished plate is garnished with chilli slices and served with steamed white rice.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Soy.
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ayam Kecap
Anita Jacobson’s Indonesian ayam kecap pedas.
- Cooking oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Chicken piecesProtein
- Kecap manisSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- WaterLiquid
- Large red chilliGarnish · Cooking and finish
- Large green chilliGarnish · Cooking and finish
- Red keriting chilliesSeasoning · Spice paste
- CandlenutsBase · Spice paste
- ShallotsAromatic · Spice paste
- GarlicAromatic · Spice paste
- GingerAromatic · Spice paste
- Steamed white riceAccompaniment · Serving
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source oil unspecified botanical identity.
- Chicken pieces: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Kecap manis: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed; Wheat (gluten) unconfirmed. Exact Indonesian sweet soy sauce identity; full supplier formula unknown.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit pan-simmering water28/41.
- Large red chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual cabe merah besar29 split cooking/garnish; distinct from keriting paste chilli.
- Large green chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual cabe hijau besar30 split cooking/garnish.
- Red keriting chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual paste chilli cultivar/form32, broader red-chilli link.
- Candlenuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual kemiri, no automatic generic Tree nuts label or nut substitute.
- Shallots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Steamed white rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required serving43, broader steamed-rice link, exact variety/formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Indonesia
- SurinameCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Indonesian Cuisine
- Javanese-Surinamese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.