Indonesian Chicken In Sweet Sauce (Semur Ayam)

in #food β€’ 8 days ago

How's Going? 😊

Yesterday we had -39 C and today as well. Crazy cold. Yesterday morning was really windy, glad I didnt have to go no where. Later in the day it went up to -22 C and no wind chill. Today, not so lucky for my husband and son, they have to go somewhere today, in this - 37 C Yikes 😁 Hope the weather on your end is much kinder than on our end 😁

For the following dish, it is one of my favorites. Easy to make and flavorful. A mix of sweet and spicy is how I like my food, most of the times 😁 You can use chicken, beef, eggs, tofu and/or tempeh for this recipe.

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1 tbsp unsalted butter
1 small onion
4-5 garlic
1.8 kg chicken thighs
200-300 ml water
2 bay leaves
1 tbsp Chicken bouillon powder or to taste
2 tbsp Apple cider vinegar or to taste
1/4 c Sweet soy sauce or to taste
1/2 - 1 Freshly grated nutmeg or to taste
Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Grape/cherry tomatoes

Slice thinly garlic and onion, then saute in butter til soften and fragrant

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Stir in chicken thighs, and flip now and then, cook for 3-5 mins on low-medium heat, covered

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Uncover chicken, pour in water and add in bay leaves, stir

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Season and taste. Cover again, and continue cooking until til chicken cooked through

Add in tomatoes lasty

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Serve with warm rice and enjoy 😊

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That's like almost polar opposite to the weather here D:

I want Winter thats not too freezing and long, Summer that isnt scorching hot and too humid

😁

Sounds like you need to be in a tropical/temperate kinda climate rather than where you are XD

Dont tempt me 🀣 my youngest already deadset saying hes gonna move to either Malaysia, Singapore, or Japan, when he's older. Somewhere fun and lots of sun, he said, and hes only 11 🀣

Hey if it's better for your health XD

J is trying to convince me to move somewhere warmer so I don't die in winter (I get yearly chest infections) but I really like my job and the place I work at so I just put up with it. If I lived in the temperatures you've got it's very likely I would be tearfully saying goodbye to both to skedaddle off somewhere not anywhere near that cold x_x

I think im gonna wait until everyone's done with high-school, as they will go to college/uni, so we can finally move on from the cold 😁