DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Ayam Pop
ThoKoh Makan’s selected ayam pop marinates drumsticks in a candlenut-and-aromatic paste, pressure-cooks them in coconut water and pan-fries them before serving with its own sambal ijo.
About Ayam Pop
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ThoKoh Makan’s ayam pop follows a pressure-cooker adaptation of a Nasi Padang chicken dish. Drumsticks take on coconut water and an aromatic marinade before a short pan-fry, giving this version tender meat with browned surfaces.
Candlenuts, garlic, shallots and salt are blended into a marinade, with a little water if needed. The paste coats the chicken drumsticks while a separate sambal ijo is prepared.
Green chillies, a bird’s-eye chilli and shallots are roughly mashed, then fried in oil until fragrant. A little of the chicken marinade can be added to this sauce, which is seasoned to taste and set aside.
The chicken cooks under pressure in coconut water, then is lifted from the cooker. It is pan-fried in another portion of oil to brown the surfaces rather than served straight from its cooking liquid.
The drumsticks are served with the separately prepared sambal ijo. ThoKoh Makan describes the coconut water as contributing sweetness to the chicken, with the green chilli sauce bringing a more spicy contrast.
Ingredients in Ayam Pop
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- Coconut Watersauce
- Shallotseasoning
- Lemongrassseasoning
- Vegetable Oilcooking medium
- Gingerseasoning
- Saltseasoning
- Chickenprotein
- Garlicseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
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- Indonesia
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- Indonesian
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.