Serve as a main course with steamed rice for 4

Fried chicken with Belado sauce is an Indonesian recipe. Belado sauce can also be used for eggs and fried tofu. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 500 grams chicken
• 4 tbs lime juice
• 5 finely chopped garlic
• 1 egg
• a pinch of salt
• a pinch of pepper
• 100 gram plain flour

For Belado Sauce

• 4 red chilies
• 6 cloves of shallots
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2 small tomatoes
• 3 tbs salt
• 1 tbs pepper
• 1 tbs sugar

Steps

1. Mix the chicken with pepper, salt, garlic, lime juice. Cover and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
2. While waiting, you can make the belado mixture. Mix chilies, shallots, garlic, and tomatoes in an electric blender and grind finely. If you don’t have electric blender, boil the chilies, shallots, and garlic so they become softened. Crush them and tomatoes using spoon and mix well. Add salt, pepper, and sugar. Set aside.
3. Put the egg in a bowl. Coat the chicken mixture with egg.
4. Mix the chicken with flour for deep frying.
5. Heat oil in a hot wok until surface seems to shimmer slightly. Deep fry chicken until lightly browned, crispy and cooked through. Set aside.
6. Heat oil in a hot wok. Add belado mixture and stir fry for about 1 minute.
7. Add the deep fried chicken.
8. Serve immediately with steamed rice.