26 September 2008
One of nini bini's trademark dishes back in Brunei is 'ayam tua rebus kunyit' which is actually a turmeric stew of grilled post-mature chickens. Hehehe... sometimes we call the chicken as 'ayam pencen' or literally translated as pensioner chicken; it has stopped producing eggs.
The texture of the chicken is tough and does not disintegrate during hours of cooking, and so nini bini's stew may take hours of cooking before it's ready. To prepare it, we usually grill the chicken to make it easier to remove the feathers, which actually adds a distinctive taste to it ... a taste we have been craving for months!
We haven't found old chickens here in Brisbane, so we used the usual chickens instead. After grilling it over a gas hob (usually we grill it like a barbeque), the chicken is cut and then cooked. Since we're using normal chicken, it takes lesser time to cook. Nini bini actually prepared two versions of it, one without chillli especially for Safiya and I.
What do you know...? The taste almost resembles the original dish! Ahhh... finally, our craving has been fulfilled... hehehe... Thanks nini bini (and nini laki too for the grilling part)!
The texture of the chicken is tough and does not disintegrate during hours of cooking, and so nini bini's stew may take hours of cooking before it's ready. To prepare it, we usually grill the chicken to make it easier to remove the feathers, which actually adds a distinctive taste to it ... a taste we have been craving for months!
We haven't found old chickens here in Brisbane, so we used the usual chickens instead. After grilling it over a gas hob (usually we grill it like a barbeque), the chicken is cut and then cooked. Since we're using normal chicken, it takes lesser time to cook. Nini bini actually prepared two versions of it, one without chillli especially for Safiya and I.
What do you know...? The taste almost resembles the original dish! Ahhh... finally, our craving has been fulfilled... hehehe... Thanks nini bini (and nini laki too for the grilling part)!
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