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Chicken porridge

Traditional dish from Indonesia

Must Try Street Food

About Chicken porridge

Indonesian porridge

Bubur ayam is an Indonesian version of chicken congee. It is rice congee with shredded chicken meat served with some condiments, such as chopped scallion, crispy fried shallot, celery, tongcay or chai poh, fried soybean, crullers, both salty and sweet soy sauce, and sometimes topped with yellow chicken broth and kerupuk. Unlike many other Indonesian dishes, the dish is not spicy as the sambal or chili paste is often served separately. It is a favourite breakfast food, served by humble travelling vendors, warung, fast food establishments, and five-star hotel restaurants. Travelling bubur ayam vendors frequently pass through residential streets in the morning selling the dish.

Key Ingredients

  • egg as food
  • rice
  • garlic
  • chicken as food
  • Cymbopogon citratus
  • Alpinia galanga
  • kaffir lime leaf
  • shallot
  • Aleurites moluccanus
  • ginger
  • turmeric rhizome
  • Apium graveolens

Components

  • krupuk

Dietary Information

✓ Popular street food
✓ Must-try when visiting Indonesia
Traditional Indonesia cuisine

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