Whoopsie, I made a mistake last time. Justin is cooking tomorrow, Hadi today, heh. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, Hadi made Ayam Bakar Tomato in an attempt to recreate one of our common dinners back in Brunei. He didn't quite get Ibu's combination right, so he tried again today. So here we go :)
What you need:
3 pieces chicken thighs
Tomato sauce
Kicap manis (sweet soy sauce)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
What you do:
- Marinate the chicken with the rest of the ingredients, with the tomato and soy sauce in a 1:1 ratio.
- Bake at 180 C for 40 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through, basting with the juices occasionally. Hadi placed the chicken in a shallow baking dish and poured over the extra marinade, so that the chicken partly cooks in its juices and marinade. (Yum!)
But he didn't quite the combinations right, I think. It was slightly too sweet, with not enough of the tomato coming through. Plus, he didn't put in some other ingredients - turmeric, a pinch of salt and a dash of oil.
That said, Hadi and I *did* like the chicken, hehe. It was so flavoursome and so familiar. The lemon did go quite well with it, but it tasted a bit strange because we are not used tohaving lemon in our *normal* ayam bakar tomato, hehe. Justin, however, didn't like it much. He said the flavours didn't go together very well, and that it was too sweet. Hmmm, as far as I know, people usually like the ayam bakar tomato from our house, so I guess Hadi just didn't get it right this time. Hadi and I were just biased because of our "childhood" memories, hahaha. Oh well, we'll eventually perfect it. :D
Quote of the day: In the childhood memories of every good cook, there's a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot and a mom.
Manis tu, ayam bakar kamu atu heh! manakan nada garam!
ReplyDeleteNext time cuba kurangkan kicap manis and add white pepper sikit.
hehe, well, you know Hadi and his sweet tooth. I told him about the rest of the ingredients, and he was like "Meh, malas. Jangantah." haha
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