Description
Indonesian chicken delivers a symphony of robust spices and tangy marinades from Southeast Asian kitchens. Garlic, ginger, and soy sauce combine to create an irresistible dish that promises rich, complex flavors you won’t forget.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 chickens (3.5 pounds each), quartered, backs removed
- ½ cup ginger root, peeled and grated
- ¼ cup garlic (8 to 12 cloves), minced
- 1 cup honey
- ¾ cup soy sauce
Instructions
- Marinade Preparation: Gently simmer ginger, garlic, soy sauce, and honey in a saucepan until ingredients meld into a harmonious, glossy mixture.
- Chicken Coating: Thoroughly massage marinade into chicken pieces, ensuring comprehensive and even coverage across all surfaces.
- Marination Process: Layer chicken in a shallow baking pan, skin-side down, then encase tightly with aluminum foil. Refrigerate overnight to allow deep flavor infusion and tenderization.
- Temperature Adjustment: Remove chicken from refrigerator 30 minutes prior to cooking, letting it approach room temperature for uniform heat absorption.
- Initial Roasting: Position oven rack centrally and preheat to 350°F. Bake covered chicken for 30 minutes, allowing slow, gentle cooking that preserves moisture and develops complex flavors.
- Final Caramelization: Uncover the pan, flip chicken skin-side up, and elevate oven temperature to 375°F. Continue roasting for an additional 30 minutes until skin transforms into a rich, burnished brown and meat reaches perfect tenderness, with marinade reducing to an intensely flavored, glossy glaze.
Notes
- Marinate Overnight: Let chicken soak in marinade for maximum flavor absorption and tenderizing effect.
- Room Temperature Trick: Remove chicken from refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking to ensure even heat distribution and consistent cooking.
- Skin Placement Strategy: Start baking with skin-side down, then flip to achieve crispy, caramelized exterior during final cooking stage.
- Moisture Sealing Technique: Use aluminum foil to trap moisture, creating a steamy environment that keeps chicken juicy and infuses deep flavor throughout cooking process.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Indonesian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 650
- Sugar: 35 g
- Sodium: 1500 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 90 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 40 g
- Cholesterol: 100 mg