Thread: Ayam Goreng Mente - Recipe

Recently returned from Bali - My husband is suffering withdrawal symptoms for his newly found favourite meal - Ayam Goreng Mente. Does anyone have a recipe or know where I can get it.

Waterlily

I did but could find nothing. :(

Isn't this a Chinese dish which is Chicken and cashew nuts with mix veg? Then perhaps you could find on any Chinese recipes website.
Unless it's fried chicken with cashew nuts only then it's unique and it's not even Indonesian as far as I know unless it's some sort of fusion cooking.

I googled and found 13,700 recipes for Ayam Goreng Mentega - Chicken in butter sauce. :)
Most recipes were in Bahasa 8)

Mente is not for Mentega which is margarine. "Mente" means "mede" which is cashew nuts. I don't think Indonesians are that tired to say or add "ga" after "Mente"... :D :)

the important thing for ayam goreng is not the frying, it's the bumbu (spices) that you boil / simmer the chicken in first..

waterlilly, if you want to easy solution, go to yee sang in myaree and look for the spice brand 'bamboo', and the 'ayam goreng' spice. you boil your chicken with that and coconut milktender, then fry it.

if you want to do it all from scratch, you need tumeric, garlic, galanga, lemongrass, ginger, salt and pepper - amounts to your taste.. blend it then boil it in coconut milk til tender.. then fry it..

whammo - better recipes out there i'm sure, but this will get you through..

ct

Thank you all for your help and advice. Balilife - I will try the place in Myaree and give it a go. Thanks again, you have made my husband very happy. :D

Waterlily