Preparation Time
15 minutes + 1 hour (marinate)
Cooking Time
50 minutes
Serving Size
8 - 10 persons
Ingredients
- 1.5kg whole chicken legs (3 – 4 whole legs)
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- Ingredient A
- ½ cup Kimball BBQ Sauce
- 2 tsp salt
- Ingredient B (Grind into fine paste)
- 10g dried chillies, cut into 3cm length, soak in hot water until soft and drain
- 10 shallots, sliced
- 5g shrimp paste (belacan)
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup water
- Ingredient C
- 3 stalks lemongrass, bruised
- 250ml thick coconut milk
- ½ cup Kimball BBQ Sauce
- 1 tsp salt
Method
- Pat chicken dry and make shallow diagonal cuts on the skin side of the chicken. Rub Ingredient A all over chicken and set aside for 1 hour.
- Place chicken on a baking tray in a single layer and roast at 180⁰ C for 40 minutes or until cooked through.
- While chicken roasts, heat oil in a saucepan and fry Ingredient B over low heat until fragrant (about 10 minutes). Next add Ingredient C, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens (around 10 minutes). Set sauce aside.
- Remove chicken from the oven and drizzle about ⅓ of the sauce over the chicken. Bake another 10 minutes.
- Cut each chicken leg into 3 – 4 pieces and serve with remaining sauce spooned over the chicken.