Belacan Fried Chicken - crispy and juicy Malaysian fried chicken marinated with cilantro and Asian seasonings. So delicious!

Malaysia has some of the best foods that the world has to offer and I am not even biased.

If you have traveled to Malaysia, you would know what I mean.

Foodies all become an instant fan with our food.

Lucky for little G, I take him back to Malaysia every summer and he agrees that Malaysian food is absolutely delicious.

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This Malaysian Belacan Fried Chicken is his favorite dish.

His eyes lit up when I told him that I was making him fried chicken for dinner.

Belacan is shrimp paste, which is a key ingredient in Malaysian recipes.

Much like fish sauce to Thai and Vietnamese cuisines, belacan is pungent but it adds amazing flavors and taste structure to our food.

For this recipe, you want to use shrimp sauce in a bottle, and not in a block.

This Malaysian Belacan Fried Chicken is extremely delicious, much like Thai Fried Chicken.

It calls for only a handful of ingredients.

Give me a choice, I would always go for Asian fried chicken. Enjoy!

How Many Calories Per Serving?

This recipe is only 312 calories per serving.

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Yield: 3 people

Malaysian Belacan Fried Chicken

Name: Malaysian Belacan Fried Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chicken
Ingredients: 6 small (20 oz./600 g) chicken drumsticks; 1 tablespoon cilantro stems juice; 1 tablespoon shrimp sauce; 1/2 tablespoon sugar; 1 egg white; 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon corn starch; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Belacan Fried Chicken - crispy and juicy Malaysian fried chicken marinated with cilantro and Asian seasonings. So delicious!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

6 small (20 oz./600 g) chicken drumsticks
1 tablespoon cilantro stems juice
1 tablespoon shrimp sauce
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 egg white
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon corn starch
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Instructions

Rinse the chicken with water and pat dry with paper towels. Set aside. Prepare the cilantro juice by cutting off the bottom 2-inch part of cilantro (the stems). Using a mortar and pestle, pound the stems and extract the juice from the stems using your hand.
In a big bowl, whisk the shrimp sauce, sugar, egg white, sesame oil, cilantro juice, corn starch and flour together until smooth. Add the chicken, coat well and marinate for at least 4-6 hours.
When ready, heat up a pot of cooking oil or use a deep fryer. Drop the chicken gently into the oil and deep fry the chicken until crispy and golden brown (the inside should cook thoroughly but remains juicy). Transfer the fried chicken out on a plate lined with paper towels to soak up the excess oil.
Serve the fried chicken immediately with chili sauce.

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

3 people
Amount Per Serving Calories 312Total Fat 16gSaturated Fat 4gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 139mgSodium 174mgCarbohydrates 10gFiber 1gSugar 2gProtein 29g

Comments

Chantal

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Can i use an air fryer with this recipe rather than deep fry?

- Rasa Malaysia
  
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  You can try!
  
Joanne

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Hi,
Is it possible to bake in the oven rather than deep fried the chicken ? If yes, please advise temperature and how much time is required to bake in the oven ? Thanks

- Rasa Malaysia
  
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  Not, you need to deep-fry for the best results. I don’t recommend baking.
  
Mei

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Hi Rasa Malaysia!
I’m really really excited to found your website full of Malaysian recipe! Balacan chicken is my all time favourite. Exciting to try out it’s authentic Penang flavour recipe! The only problem is I can only find Belacan block from where I live, is it possible and how do I substitute that to the shrimp sauce in this recipe?

- Rasa Malaysia
  
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  You can get Lee Kum Kee brand fine shrimp sauce.
  
  - Mei
    
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    Thanks for replying! No shrimp sauce available from where I live. T-T Might do it next time
    
jennifer

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it really taste good my kids love ❤❤❤❤it thanks for sharing the recipe???

Kelly

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What is the recipe for the chili sauce that the chicken is served with?

- Rasa Malaysia
  
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  There is no recipe, just a bottled chili sauce.
  
elle

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i like how smooth the batter looks. is there any way i can make it look the same without cilantro juice and shrimp sauce?

- Rasa Malaysia
  
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  The shrimp pasta (belacan) is that makes this Belacan fried chicken. You can skip the cilantro juice.
  
Susan

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About how many minutes in the frier?

Debashis Barman

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Really it looks very delicious and crispy. I hope you will share more delicious food for us regularly. Thanks.

- Rasa Malaysia
  
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  I always do share! :)
  
Rita Schecht

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Can you use an alternate to the actual cilantro stem juice? Knorr has a premade cube and other brands carry cilantro flavoring.

- Rasa Malaysia
  
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  You can skip it. I wouldn’t use curry cilantro flavor.
  
Julia

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Looks really Delicious. Makes me want to try!

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