Chicken gado gado

5.00

Gado gado is an Indonesian salad with a salty-sweet peanut dressing. Here we've served it with crispy skin-on chicken breast, but it would also work with fried tofu or tempeh.

First published in 2022

Ingredients

Metric

Imperial

Sambal kacang

Chicken and vegetables

Method

1

To make the sambal kacang, heat the oil in a wok or frying pan over a medium heat. Once hot, add the peanuts

  • 3 tbsp of vegetable oil
  • 150g of peanuts, skin on
2

Cook the peanuts, stir frying, until they’re starting to colour. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper

3

Add the garlic, makrut lime leaves, bird’s eye chillies and shrimp paste to the pan and cook until the garlic and chillies have softened. Lift everything out with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper with the peanuts

4

Add the fried ingredients to a blender with the tamarind and kecap manis and blend to a coarse paste. Taste and add a pinch of salt, if necessary

5

In a saucepan, combine the palm sugar and 200ml water. Heat gently until the sugar is dissolved

  • 2 tbsp of palm sugar, or use brown sugar
6

Combine the peanut paste with the sugar mixture. Heat gently until thickened and slightly reduced. Add the lime juice, mix well to combine, and set aside

7

To cook the chicken, first place a frying pan over medium heat and, once hot, add a small splash of oil

  • 1 dash of vegetable oil
8

Add the chicken breasts to the pan - skin side down - and place a sheet of greaseproof paper over them. Top the paper with something heavy like a cast iron pan

9

Cook the chicken for 5-7 minutes, depending on their size. Then, flip the chicken breasts over and cook for a minute or so more until fully cooked through (if any liquid builds up in the pan, carefully pour this off during cooking)

10

To serve, arrange the vegetables on a platter with the chicken and garnish with sliced chilli and crispy shallots. Either drizzle the sambal over or serve it on the side

First published in 2022

GBC Kitchen is where you'll find accessible, inspiring recipes with a twist, from our in-house team of recipe developers. Perfect for mid-week meals or special occasions alike, GBC Kitchen recipes will help you become a more confident cook, and impress those around you in the meantime! Don't forget to check out our brand new How to Cook guide every month, which focuses on a specific ingredient and ways to use it, alongside four brand new recipes.

Get in touch

Please sign in or register to send a comment to Great British Chefs.