Ayam Taliwang

Name: Ayam Taliwang
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 1 whole young chicken, split; 15 red chilies; 6 cloves garlic; 3 tomatoes

Ayam Taliwang/AH-yahm tah-lee-WAHNG/

Also known as: Lombok Grilled Chicken

About this dish

Grilled chicken coated in a fiery chili sambal, a fiery specialty from Lombok island.

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Ingredients

🍗1 whole young chicken, split

🌶️15 red chilies

🧄6 cloves garlic

🍅3 tomatoes

Method

Serves 3

Grill the chicken partially over charcoal until lightly cooked.

Blend chilies, garlic, tomato, and shrimp paste into a sambal.

Sauté the sambal briefly to deepen its flavor.

Coat the grilled chicken generously with the sambal.

Return to the grill briefly to char the sambal-coated chicken before serving.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ayam taliwang is a signature dish from Lombok, Indonesia, known for its intense heat from a chili-based sambal.

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