Chef Arnold's Unique Recipe: A Spicy Sweet Chicken With Soda Touch

Soda Ayam Manis Pedas ala Chef Arnold (Photo: YouTube/Arnold Poernomo)

JAKARTA - Chef Arnold Poernomo has again presented an appetizing culinary innovation. In his latest upload on YouTube, he introduced the latest menu titled Soda Ayam Manis Spicy in the style of Chef Arnold as the result of his collaboration with Sambal ABC.

This dish offers a balanced combination of spicy, sweet, and savory taste, which is suitable for all people to enjoy. In a video that lasts about 6 minutes, Chef Arnold shows how to cook in his energetic and easy style.

This menu is inspired by his 'Crazy Kitchen' program, but is made more practical so it can be tried at home. Chef Arnold chose chicken thighs as the main ingredient because it is more messy and not easily dry when fried. In addition, chicken skin provides a natural taste of savory that adds to the pleasure of dishes.

Before cooking, the chicken is diced and spiced with simple to absorb perfectly. Furthermore, the chicken is stored in the refrigerator for two hours to ensure the spices are integrated and the fried products become thicker.

To create a distinctive spicy sweet taste, Chef Arnold prepares a sauce with glazing techniques, producing shiny and tempting viscous sauce. He emphasized the importance of maintaining a balance between sweet and spicy flavors so that the sauce feels perfect.

Main Materials

- Chicken thigh which was cut into dice- Garam as much as possible - Paprika powder- Onion 4 concave- Bawang bomber- Ginger 1 thumbs-turbe sauce- 2 sdm sweet sauce- Sambal ABC Manis Spicy 3 sdm-Tepung Maizena- Tepung seagu-Equity Water

How To Make Sauce

- Chef Arnold started with a menumis of onions and garlic using a little oil. After the fragrance, he added ginger, cucumber sauce, sweet soy sauce, and sweet ABC chili sauce. This mixing produces an encouraging aroma and a suitable spicy taste.

- After the sauce starts to thicken, a little water is added and a solution of Maizena flour to obtain a thicker and softer texture. Finally, butter is added to make the sauce taste savory and shiny.

Preparations For Chicken Cooking

The peppered chicken is coated with flour mixed with wheat flour and Maizena flour before it is fried. Chef Arnold recommends frying the chicken twice to get healthier and goldenr. He also provides important tips so that the chicken is not thrown while fried, maintaining safety and comfort during the cooking process.

After the chicken is cooked, plans are mixed with spicy sweet sauce. The result is a chicken wrapped in brownish red viscous sauce which looks tempting to taste.

At the end of the video, Chef Arnold invites viewers to be creative in making their own Soda-style Sweet Chicken version. He also announced an interesting challenge with a total prize of 100 million rupiah for participants who distributed their cooking products on social media.

According to Chef Arnold, the key to this dish is not only in ingredients, but also in the courage to try new and creative things in the kitchen.