Ayam Pansuh ( Manok Pansuh)

Chicken Cooked in Bamboo




This is tradition food of the Ibans
people from Borneo, now this place is called
Sarawak, east Malaysia

INGREDIENTS:


A: 1kg whole chicken, cut into small pieces

B:

8 cloves garlic, finely chopped
5 red onion, finely chopped
6 stalks lemongrass, thinly sliced
100g galangal, finely chopped
100g ginger, finely chopped
20g torch ginger flower / bay leaves
10 red chilies, sliced
1 tbsp salt


C:

1 bamboo log or aluminum foil
5 stalks tapioca leaves






METHOD:

Wash and clean the chicken pieces.

Mix ingredients B in a large bowl & combine with chicken pieces. Set it aside for at least 20 minutes.

Stuff the mixture into the bamboo log or aluminum foil & seal it with a gob of tapioca leaves.

Cook it slowly over burning wood/charcoal for 45 minutes or bake at 120 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.

To serve, remove the tapioca leaves & drain the tasty juice into a bowl.

Extract the chicken and arrange on a serving dish with the juice.



Chicken cooked in bamboo: