Spicy Honey Chicken Recipe

Method :

1) Marinate the chicken drumsticks with turmeric spice and salt, set aside.

2) Pan fry the marinated chicken drumsticks until the skin is slightly crispy, set aside. ( traditionally, the Ayam Masak Merah recipe requires deep frying until the chicken is done. )

3) In a wok, stir-fry the cardamon, clove, star anise, cinnamon bark until fragrant, add the ground ginger, shallots, garlic in, continue stir-frying until fragrant.

4) Add the tomato paste in, honey, ground chili paste, and simmer until thickened and boiling, toss in the fried chicken drumsticks, cut onion rings, and give it a quick stir-fry until all the sauce thickens and the chicken is done. Dish up and ready to serve.

Ingredients :

6 chicken drumsticks
1 tsp turmeric spice
salt to taste
10 tbsp tomato paste
2 tbsp ground chili paste
( dried red chilies OR fresh red chilies )
honey to taste
2 clove
1 cinnamon bark
1 star anise
2 cardamon pod
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground garlic
2 tsp ground shallots
cut onion rings
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