Ayam goreng is an

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and

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dish consisting of

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. ''Ayam goreng'' literally means "

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" in

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and also in many Indonesian regional languages (e.g. Javanese).

Marination and spices

Some versions of ''ayam goreng'' are neither coated in batter nor flour, but seasoned richly with various

spices A spice is a seed, fruit, root, Bark (botany), bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garni ...

. The spice mixture may vary among regions, but usually it consists of a combination of ground

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, garlic,

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turmeric Turmeric () is a flowering plant, ''Curcuma longa'' (), of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, the rhizomes of which are used in cooking. The plant is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast ...

lemongrass ''Cymbopogon'', also known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, Cochin grass, Malabar grass, oily heads, citronella grass or fever grass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family. Some ...

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juice,

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galangal Galangal () is a common name for several tropical rhizomatous spices. Differentiation The word ''galangal'', or its variant ''galanga'' or archaically ''galingale'', can refer in common usage to the aromatic rhizome of any of four plant spec ...

, salt and sugar. The chicken pieces are soaked and marinated in the spice mixture for some time prior to frying, for the chicken to absorb the spices. The marination process might include heating the chicken in ground spices to assist the spice absorption. Most often prior to deep frying, ''ayam goreng'' is already half-cooked with yellowish colour tinted of turmeric. In Javanese, this process is called ''ungkep''. The chicken is then

in an ample amount of hot cooking oil, either

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. The chicken is well-fried until golden yellow. Some variants such as Javanese ''ayam goreng kremes'' might add the deep fried spiced flour as crispy granules. While in other recipes, these tasty granules are acquired from fried grated galangal or coconut (''serundeng''). ''Ayam goreng'' is usually served with

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, ''

sambal Sambal is an Indonesian chilli sauce or paste, typically made from a mixture of a variety of chilli peppers with secondary ingredients, such as shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice. ''Sambal'' is an ...

terasi'' (chili with

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) or ''sambal kecap'' (sliced chilli and shallot in sweet soy sauce) as a dipping sauce or condiment and slices of

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and tomato for garnish. Fried

tempeh Tempeh or tempe (; jv, ꦠꦺꦩ꧀ꦥꦺ, témpé, ) is a traditional Indonesian food made from fermented soybeans. It is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form. A fungus, '' Rhiz ...

and

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might be added as side dishes.

Variants

There are many recipes of ''ayam goreng'', among the popular ones are: * ''Ayam goreng lengkuas'':

fried chicken. also known as ''hayam goreng Bandung'':

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style ''ayam goreng''. * ''Ayam goreng Padang'':

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style ''ayam goreng'', there are several variants of Padang fried chicken. The most popular one is quite similar to galangal fried chicken. * ''

Ayam pop Ayam pop is a fried chicken dish commonly found in Indonesia, consisting of chicken deep fried in oil. The dish contains skinless pale fried chicken that has been boiled or steamed prior to frying. Although ayam pop is identified as ayam go ...

'': Padang style skinless pale fried chicken, served with distinct

. * ''Ayam goreng balado'': Padang or Minang style fried chicken. The fried chicken pieces are coated with spicy '' balado'' chilli paste. * ''Ayam goreng lado ijo'': a variant of Minang-style ''ayam goreng balado'' using green chili pepper. * ''Ayam goreng Jakarta'':

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style ''ayam goreng''. * ''

Ayam goreng Kalasan ''Ayam goreng Kalasan'' ( jv, ꦄꦪꦩ꧀ꦒꦺꦴꦫꦺꦁꦏꦭꦱꦤ꧀, Ayam Gorèng Kalasan) is an Indonesian dish consisting of fried chicken topped with ''kremesan'', crisp bits of fried batter. The dish originates from the area su ...

'': Javanese fried chicken from Kalasan village, Yogyakarta. * ''Ayam goreng kremes'': Javanese fried chicken with ''kremes'' crispy granules. * ''Ayam goreng serundeng'': Javanese fried chicken with ''

serundeng Serundeng refers to a side dish or condiment to accompany rice in Indonesian and Malay languages. Serundeng may taste sweet, or hot and spicy according to recipe variants. Its best known variant is an Indonesian preparation of sautéed grat ...

'' grated coconut. * ''

Pecel Pecel (, Javanese:ꦥꦼꦕꦼꦭ꧀) is a traditional Javanese salad with peanut sauce, usually eaten with carbs ( steamed rice, '' lontong'' or '' ketupat''). The simplicity of pecel preparation and its cheap price have contributed to its po ...

ayam'': East Javanese ''ayam goreng'' served with ''

''. * ''

Ayam geprek Ayam geprek ( jv, ꦥꦶꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦒꦼꦥꦿꦺꦏ꧀, Pitik geprèk) is an Indonesian crispy battered fried chicken crushed and mixed with hot and spicy ''sambal''. Currently ''ayam geprek'' is commonly found in Indonesia and neighbouring ...

'': Yogyakarta crispy battered ''ayam goreng'' crushed and mixed with hot and spicy ''

''. * ''

Ayam penyet Ayam penyet ( Javanese for smashed fried chicken) is Indonesian — more precisely East Javanese cuisine — fried chicken dish consisting of fried chicken that is smashed with the pestle against the mortar to make it softer, and is served with ...

'': ''penyet'' is Javanese word for "squeezed" since the fried chicken is served in earthenware mortar upon ''

'' and squeezed with

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to mix it with sambal. * ''Ayam goreng berempah'':

fried chicken, fried until golden burnt with crunchy flour bits – the signature of the dish. * ''Ayam goreng kunyit'': Malay cubed chicken bits fried with turmeric coat. In Indonesia and Malaysia various style of foreign

is often also called as ''ayam goreng''. Common Southern United States fried chicken is often called ''ayam goreng tepung'' or flour- battered or

breaded Bread crumbs or breadcrumbs (regional variants including breading and crispies) consist of crumbled bread of various dryness, sometimes with seasonings added, used for breading or crumbing foods, topping casseroles, stuffing poultry, thicken ...

fried chicken. Common

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fried chicken is marketed as "Ayam Goreng McD" in Malaysia. File:Ayam bumbu Aie Badarun.JPG, ''Ayam bumbu'', a Minang fried chicken in Aie Badarun restaurant, Tanah Datar. File:Ayam goreng lado hijau.JPG, ''Ayam goreng lado ijo'', Minang fried chicken with green pepper File:Javanese fried chicken.JPG, ''Ayam goreng Jawa'', Javanese fried chicken File:Ayam goreng Kalasan (ayam kampung) Ayam Goreng Prambanan Bali.JPG, ''Ayam goreng'' served with rice and sambal File:Ayam goreng kalasan.JPG, ''Ayam goreng Kalasan''

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Marination and spices

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