Belacan Fried Chicken
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.
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!
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Patricia
How do you get cilantro juice from the stem?
Rasa Malaysia
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.
Judy
You might try putting the stems into a small blender (like a magic bullet or some other brand) and blending. Then you can squeeze the juice out easier (especially if you have a small nylon net bag or cheese cloth).
Rasa Malaysia
Yes you can use a blender but the quantity of the stems are too little so might be hard to blend. That’s why I still suggest good old mortar and pestle.
Jean Blakney
This recipe looks delicious! Going to try it soon!!!
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome, thanks Jean.
Helene
How do you get cilantro juice?
Rasa Malaysia
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.
Shereen
How many stems would one need to extract a tablespoon of sauce? A fistful? More? Seems quite tedious for a small amount of something, although I’m sure the flavor is wonderful! Would mincing cilantro and immediately sprinkling a generous amount on the fried chicken provide the requisite flavor?
Rasa Malaysia
A bunch of cilantro, you can minced and add to the chicken to marinate but not ideal because when you deep-fry, they become black bits. You can skip the cilantro juice if you want.
bambam
where is the recipe?
Rasa Malaysia
The recipe is where the red bar “CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE”
Sean Mahan
This looks so delicious! Can’t wait to try it, I think I’ll prepare it this weekend. Thank you for the recipe!
A.S.
Read the instructions carefully before asking redundant questions. Duh….
Jay
My vein is born in Georgetown Penng and not knowing your current residency it is difficult to understand your recipes Is it cater for American palates
Rasa Malaysia
No this is an authentic recipe and tastes just like what you get in Penang.
chiong
What is shrimp sauce ? Is it shrimp paste ?
Dakwah
yummi. its look very delicious. may i will try to make it :)
Julia
Looks really Delicious. Makes me want to try!
Rita Schecht
Can you use an alternate to the actual cilantro stem juice? Knorr has a premade cube and other brands carry cilantro flavoring.
Rasa Malaysia
You can skip it. I wouldn’t use curry cilantro flavor.
Debashis Barman
Really it looks very delicious and crispy. I hope you will share more delicious food for us regularly. Thanks.
Rasa Malaysia
I always do share! :)
Susan
About how many minutes in the frier?
elle
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
The shrimp pasta (belacan) is that makes this Belacan fried chicken. You can skip the cilantro juice.
Kelly
What is the recipe for the chili sauce that the chicken is served with?
Rasa Malaysia
There is no recipe, just a bottled chili sauce.