Chicken with Spicy Sauce

Do you like spicy sauce? If you do, I believe you will like this dish. I liked the taste and smell of ginger in this sauce and it really did brings out the fragrant of this dish. It is indeed appetizing especially when you are craving for something sweet and spicy. It is quite similar to the "Malays ayam masak merah" sauce but this spicy sauce uses plenty of ginger and also bean paste.

Many of the Malaysian like hot and spicy food, hence we always modify some of the authentic sauces base on our own preferences. Thus, many new dishes and sauces are created base on the authentic sauces.


Since my family likes spicy food, I whipped up this simple yet appetizing chicken with spicy sauce for dinner and it was finished in no time including the sauce! (* but not for kids - LOL) If you too prefer something spicy, sweet, savoury and appetizing once in a blue moon, try this out!

Ingredients: One whole chicken (about 2Kg), removed skin and chop into pieces 2 stalk of lemon grass (about 2 inches long), crushed 2 cloves of garlic, minced 3 - 4 tbsp of Sunflower oil Salt to taste Ingredients for sauce (blend to paste): 8 cloves of garlic, remove skin - leave whole 8 fresh chillies, remove seeds, chop coarsely 6 inches of ginger, remove skin, cut into pieces 1 tbsp of fermented bean paste (tau cheong) 3-4 tbsp of water Method: 1. Marinade chicken with 3 tbsp Premium light soya sauce for 1 hour, set aside. 2. Heat up oil, saute garlic until fragrant but not brown. 3. Add in lemon grass, saute until fragrant. 4. Add in chicken, stir fry chicken until fragrant in medium fire. 5. Blend all the sauce ingredients in the food processor. 6. Pour the sauce paste in the chicken, keep on stirring until sauce is boiled. 7. Reduce fire, simmer until sauce is thicken. Add salt to taste. You may remove the lemon grass before serving. 8. Dish up, serve warm with rice. Note: • Stir fry chicken until all the liquid dries up. • Simmer sauce in low fire until sauce is fragrant. • If you prefer spicier sauce, substitute fresh chillies with dried chillies. • Adjust the sauce ingredients according to your taste-bud. Be versatile and be creative!