Perfect pairing of warm white rice, tender chicken and spicy sambal (spicy paste made from chillies and spices) successfully make these smashed chicken running out of stock, here are the list of delicious and spicy smashed chicken in Jakarta you should not miss.
1. Warung Bu Kris
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You probably agree if the key of delicious smashed chicken lies in its sambal (spicy paste made from chillies and spices). A mountain of spicy sambal in Warung Bu Kris ready to pamper your taste buds. This restaurant chains from Surabaya serves various of dishes, such as chicken, duck, tempeh, tofu, meatballs, egg and others above cobek tanah liat (clay plate) topped with spicy sambal. And it would be more perfect to be enjoyed with a bowl of sayur asam (vegetables in tamarind soup). You can enjoy a lot of spicy dishes here at affordable prices start from Rp20.000.
Warung Bu Kris
Address: Jl. Meruya Ilir Raya No. 1GH, Meruya, West Jakarta
Phone: +622192352012
2. Ayam Penyet Bu Sri
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What makes this smashed chicken different from others? The answer is sambal (spicy paste made from chillies and spices). Bu Sri serves sambal terasi (spicy paste made from chillies and shrimp) more dry and crumbly than other sambal. At glance, it sambal looks like Rendang (beef in chilli and coconut mix) spice. There are three different levels of spiciness suit your taste, sweet and spicy, spicy and very spicy. Its sambal is perfect pairing for warm white rice and a wide array of dishes, such as chicken, ribs, tofu or tempeh you can enjoy at reasonable prices, starts from Rp25.000 per plate.
Ayam Penyet Bu Sri
Address: Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto, Menteng, Central Jakarta
Phone: +6281287840776
3. Ayam Penyet Ibu Yuli
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Tender, flavourful chicken with spicy sambal (sauce paste made from chillies and spices), you can also taste delicious smashed chicken here. Ayam Penyet Ibu Yuli, nearby Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), offers you more friendly price for smashed chicken, starts from Rp18.000 per plate. A plate of smashed chicken made by Ibu Yuli consists of warm white rice with fried onions topping, tender smashed chicken, spicy sambal with lime squeezed and lalapan (raw vegetables). Besides the famous smashed chicken, you can also enjoy other flavourful Indonesian dishes, Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) dan Gudeg (traditional Javanese dish made from young unripe jack fruit).
Ayam Penyet Ibu Yuli
Address: Jl. Legoso Raya No. 88, Ciputat Timur, Tangerang
Phone: +6281285512223