Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss). Note: Wear plastic gloves before you do this part!. Press half of the cooked warm. Lemper ayam is basically a steamed glutinous rice/sticky rice snack with chicken floss (or other savory) filling, and typically wrapped in banana leaves.
It is made with white glutinous rice with shredded chicken meat The chicken meat and sticky rice are cooked with aromatic spices and herbs and that's what makes this sticky rice cake super delicious.
Lemper ayam is one of the many Indonesian traditional snacks, and I happen to love them to death.
Lemper is steamed glutinous rice filled with spiced chicken floss (or other spiced meat floss, but chicken seems to be most popular), then shaped into an oblong, and wrapped in banana leaves.
You can cook Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss) using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss)
- Prepare of For the glutinous rice:.
- Prepare of banana leaves for wrapping.
- You need 250 gr of glutinous rice, washed, soaked in water for 3 hours, drained.
- It's 250 ml of coconut milk 2 Indonesian bay leaves.
- You need 1 of pandan leaf.
- You need 1 Tbsp of sugar.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need of Chicken Floss Filling:.
- Prepare 250 gr of boneless chicken breast, boiled until cooked, finely shredded.
- Prepare 2 of kaffir lime leaves.
- It's 2 of Indonesian bay leaves.
- Prepare 100 ml of coconut milk.
- It's 1/2 tsp of salt or to taste.
- It's 1 tsp of sugar or to taste.
- You need 1 Tbsp of vegetable oil.
- Prepare of Ground spices:.
- It's 5 cloves of shallots.
- It's 4 cloves of garlic.
- You need 2 of nut megs.
- You need 1/2 tsp of white pepper powder.
Roll it and wrap it like picture, at both end you can use stapler or tooth pick. Put the lemper on broil for a few minutes until the banana leaves are toasted. If the rice is too mushy/overcooked, don't be afraid and just make your lemper! Set an oven on low heat and put the lemper until they dry out.
Lemper Ayam Bakar (Grilled Glutinous Rice with Seasoned Chicken Floss) step by step
- For the glutinous rice: Heat the steamer over high heat until hot and boiling..
- Steam glutinous rice for 15 minutes. In another pot, bring the coconut milk to boil. Remove from the heat. Remove the glutinous rice from the steamer..
- Add the glutinous rice into the hot coconut oil. Mix well. Continue to stir until the coconut milk is absorbed by the rice..
- Steam for another 30 minutes until the rice is soft and cooked through. Remove from the heat. Set aside..
- How to cook the chicken floss: Heat vegetable oil over medium high heat. Sauté ground spices, kaffir lime leaves, and bay leaves until fragrant. Add shreded chicken. Add salt dan sugar. Test the taste..
- Continue to sauté until the coconut milk is absorbed. Keep storing until the chicken is dry. Remove from the heat. Set aside..
- How to assemble the lemper: Divide the glutinous rice into 2 parts. Note: Wear plastic gloves before you do this part!.
- Press half of the cooked warm glutinous rice into a 20x20 cm baking pan using the tip of a spoon (or you can use your fingers. Please make sure you wear plastic gloves so the rice won’t stick to your fingers). Really pack it down hard!.
- Spread the filling evenly leaving no gap all over the rice..
- Spread the other half of the rice on top of the filling. Pack it down hard again!.
- Let the ‘lemper’ cool down completely before cutting. Use a plastic knife or a knife coated with plastic to cut the lemper..
- Wrap each piece with banana leaves..
- Grilled them on top of lined frying pan until fragrant and the banana leaves turn to brown. Yum! 😋.
Transfer the chicken to a baking dish or pan, as you will need to grill the chicken in the oven later. Transfer to a serving dish and serve with steamed with rice, cucumbers, a drizzle of kecap manis and sambal belacan (see. Sort of sticky rice dumpling stuffed with stuffed shredded spiced chicken. Rasanya sudah tak asing lagi dengan panganan khas nusantara yang bernama lemper ini. Penganan ini terbuat dari ketan dan biasanya berisi abon atau suwiran daging ayam, dan terbungkus oleh daun pisang.