Recipe: Tasty Gulai Ayam (Padang-Style Chicken Curry)

Gulai Ayam (Padang-Style Chicken Curry). Great recipe for Gulai Ayam (Padang-Style Chicken Curry). Gulai Ayam is chicken with thick, red and spicy sauce. This dish originaly comes from Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Indonesians also have their Kari Ayam (Chicken Curry). Here's the complete recipe for Padang Style Chicken Curry made easier with EGK Crispy Fried Onions. Click here to print the recipe. You can have Gulai Ayam (Padang-Style Chicken Curry) using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Gulai Ayam (Padang-Style Chicken Curry)

Prepare 500 g of Chicken.
It's 1 stalk of lemongrass (bruised).
You need 1/2 inch of galangal (bruised).
You need 2 of bay leaf.
You need 2 of kaffir lime leaf.
Prepare 5 of shallot.
You need 3 cloves of garlic.
It's 2 of candlenut.
It's 1/2 inch of ginger.
It's 1 inch of turmeric.
Prepare 5 of cayenne pepper.
You need 1 tsp of coriander powder.
It's 1/4 tsp of cumin.
Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
Prepare 1 tsp of sugar.
You need 1 tsp of chicken stock powder.
You need 100 ml of water.
You need 300 ml of coconut milk.

Padang style chicken curry, is reminiscence of my younger years, thanks to a Padang food stall in my campus that I frequented more often than I'd like to admit. Give me a plate full of this, and somehow I'm transported back to that humble place, having lunch. Gulai ayam (Minangkabau and Indonesian for 'gulai chicken') is a traditional Indonesian dish of chicken cooked in a spicy, rich, yellowish, curry-like sauce called gulai. It is originally from West Sumatra (Padang).

Gulai Ayam (Padang-Style Chicken Curry) step by step

Marinate chicken with lime juice for 10 minutes. Blend garlic, shallot, candlenut, ginger, turmeric, cayenne pepper, cumin, coriander and 1 Tbsp water with food processor..
Heat 1 Tbsp oil on skillet with medium fire. Add the blended spices, bay leaf, kaffir lime leaf, lemongrass and galangal into skillet and stir it until fragrant. Add chicken and water, then cook it for 5 minutes until chicken is half-cooked..
Add coconut milk, salt, sugar and chicken stock powder. Mix it well and simmer for 20 minutes until the sauce becomes slightly thickened. Keep stiring while cooking. Taste the sauce, add more salt if it's needed..
Gulai Ayam is ready to serve with rice ✨.

It can be classified as an Indonesian curry. Gulai ayam Padang is much closer to Indian curry compared to kari ayam. Notice that we are using a lot more spices for this recipe resulting in a richer and… Gulai Ayam Padang. All South East Asian countries would have their own signature curry dishes. And of course, the mother of all curry dishes, Indian curry.