nasi ayam

pagi tadi buka fb, tengok my niece tagged me a photo of  marinated chicken for nasi ayam;  terus teringat dah lama tak masak nasi ayam for dinner. so i took out the chicken from the freezer, defrost and marinate. that was at around noon.

as usual, i dont like to spend too much time in the kitchen so my dishes are fairly easy and quick to make.

the chicken - i learned how to make "ayam jeruk" from my other half.  the chicken has to be marinated in advance; preferably overnite hence the term "ayam jeruk".  i marinate with lots of kicap manis (we use kicap kipas udang), lots of sugar, grated ginger and garlic.  deep fry the chicken pieces  but if you are health concious, then grill or bake. i'm not bothered..save the soy sauce for later

the soup - kalau rajin, rebus the bony parts of the chicken to make chicken stock which you can use to boil the rice as well.  hari ni hari malas. so i just fried some garlic, pour some water, add chopped carrots, brocolli, mushrooms, bit of black pepper and 1 chicken stock cube. boleh add spring onion or celery; i didnt have any so i skipped that. 

the chilli sauce - normally kamar would make the sauce but today i just made an easy one - mix a teaspoon of sambal belacan (we keep a bottle of sambal in the fridge) with sweet chilly sauce, add some sugar and vinegar. stir to dissolve the sugar..

the kicap sauce - heat a tablespoon of oil used to fry the chicken, fry chopped garlic and add in the sauce, let it simmer for a bit.

the salad - just use whatever you have in the fridge. i used green salad, cucumber, capsicum, tomatoes. for the dressing, dissolve sugar & salt in  vinegar, add a bit of ground black pepper.  

 the rice - heat 2 tbsp margarine/soft butter in rice cooker pot on the stove. fry  1/2 thinly sliced onion, rempah kasar - cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, add in the washed/cleaned rice, pour water and add in 1 cube chicken stock. then put the pot back into the rice cooker and leave to cook.