Fried Chicken in Sweet Butter Sauce

This recipe requires preparation in advance!

Ayam Goreng Mentega - Fried Chicken in Sweet Butter Sauce.

I have adapted this recipe to my taste and more easily available European ingredients from a now inactive Wikibooks recipe of the same name.

Fried Chicken in Sweet Butter Sauce

Servings:	Serves 4
Calories per serving:	688
Ready in:	12 hours 30 minutes
Prep. time:	12 hours 10 minutes
Cook time:	20 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	31st October 2012

Best recipe review Nice sauce 4.7/5 Almost sweet and sour. Klapaucius

Ingredients

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• 1.3kg whole chicken, cut into small pieces (see here) - also cut each breasts into 3 pieces
• Oil for frying (corn oil, rapeseed oil, peanut oil etc.)
• Juice & zest from 1 lemon
• Juice and zest from 1 lime
• 2 teaspoons of fine sea salt

the sauce

• 3 tablespoons of butter
• 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons of dry sherry
• 3 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons of molasses or black treacle
• 4 Cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
• 1 small onion, peeled and thinly sliced

Method

1. Add the chicken pieces to a bowl , add the salt and citrus zest and juices and marinate in the refrigerator for at least a couple of hours. I usually leave them overnight.
2. Heat the oil, pat the chicken pieces dry and and fry chicken until they are golden, drain on kitchen paper and set to one side.
3. Sauté the garlic and onion for a a few minutes, then add the remaining sauce ingredients.
4. Stir fry for a minute and then add chicken pieces to reheat.
5. Serve with plain boiled rice, garnished with slices of lime.

Serving suggestions

Serve with Plain boiled rice, Slices of lime and a few chopped spring onions.

Variations

For a more authentic recipe:

• Use Chinese cooking wine instead of dry sherry
• Use 8 tbsp Indonesian sweet soy sauce, kecap manis instead of dark soy sauce & molasses.

Chef's notes

For health reasons, I try to avoid frying whenever I can especially when there is already so much butter as in this recipe. As a healthy alternative, I sprayed the chicken pieces with a little olive oil and roasted them for about 35 minutes at 220°C (425°, Gas 7). They tasted just as nice!

See also

• Get chicken pieces the economical way, joint the chicken yourself

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