Ajam pedis

Name: Ajam pedis
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 4 chicken legs, you can also use other parts of the chicken like thighs or breasts; 1 onion; 2 garlic cloves; about 3 cm ginger root (~1.2 inch); 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 2 tomatoes - or use half a can of tomato chunks; 1 red chili pepper; dash of sunflower or other neutral oil; 1 teaspoon laos; 1 teaspoon lemongrass paste or use 1 lemongrass stalk; 1 bay leaf; juice of half a lemon; large dash of water; pepper and salt to taste

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Ajam pedis, an Indonesian spicy chicken dish that's amazing for any weekday meal. A delicious sauce with tomato, lemongrass, garlic and more.

Updated at: 2026-05-16

Serve with

Side dishes

Lemper ayam -- sticky rice with chicken filling

Salads

Asian noodle and shrimp salad

Starters

Dumplings

Recipe ajam pedis

Made by Véronique

Published at 2020-01-30, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 1 hours.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

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Preparation time

15 minutes

Time cooking

45 minutes

Total time

1 hours

Preparation - 15 minutes

Peel and coarsely chop the onion, garlic cloves and ginger root. Create a paste of the onion, garlic, ginger and red chili pepper, using a small blender or mortal and pestle.

Then also add ground laos, tomato paste and lemongrass paste. If you're using tomatoes, you need to remove the hard parts and coarsely chop the tomatoes.

If you're using chicken breasts you need to cut them into cubes.

Finishing the ajam pedis - 45 minutes

Heat oil in a large skillet. Season the chicken with pepper and salt and cook them beautiful golden brown on all sides. Add the spice paste and cook a few minutes more.

Add in tomato chunks along with a bay leaf and juice of half a lemon. If you're using a lemongrass stalk, you can add it now. Add a dash of water, turn down the heat and put the lid on.

Simmer the chicken low heat, the exact time depends on the parts of chicken you're using. Chicken cubes are fully cooked quicker than checken legs.

The chicken legs need about 45 minutes, chicken breasts are done in about 20 minutes. Check if the chicken if done before serving! serve the chicken with the sauce and for example rice and stir-fried greens beans (and bell pepper strips). Enjoy!

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