Sweet soy sauce grilled chicken (ayam panggang kecap)

Recipe is borrowed from here.

Modifications
Butter is not used when grilling since the chicken skin is enough to keep the meat moist.

Cooking time
- preparation: 10 mins
- marinade: 15 mins
- boiling: 20 mins
- broiling: 15 mins

Ingredients (serve 4)

1 kg chicken breast (4 medium piece)
1 lime
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
2 bay leaves
1/2" galangal
2 tbsp sweet soy sauce
1 tbsp crushed chili

Spice paste:
4 cloves garlic
4 small shallots
4 candlenuts
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar

Nutritional information (per serving)

		PRO	FAT	CARB
chicken breast w. skin, 180 g		43g	15g*	0g
sweet soy sauce, 1 tbsp		0g	0g	8g
TOTAL (347 cals)		43g	15g	8g

*: removing the chicken skin drops the fat to 4 g.

Cooking instruction
1. Marinade chicken pieces with lime juice for 15 minutes, and then wash with water.
2. Put chicken in sauce pan and water until it covers the chicken. Blend spice paste and mix with water. Heat sauce pan with medium heat until water boils and leave it until only a little water is left. Put chicken aside and keep the spice mix.
3. Turn the heat on the top part of oven to 400F for 10 minutes, and broil chicken for 5-10 mins on each side until it's browned nicely. Every 2 mins or so, brush chicken with spice mix.
4. Once chicken is ready, brush with sweet soy sauce and crushed chili. Enjoy!

Results





1st attempt
Good. That is all. =)