Betutu Duck Recipe

This time I want to share you the typical Balinese recipes. Betutu duck is a typical food of Indonesia, from Bali province. You all must have been well known in Bali. Betutu duck is the most popular food in Bali, especially when a particular celebration. Recipes and how to cook it is a little complicated, but if the food was already finished, you will definitely love the Betutu Duck. Here is the recipe and how to cook it.

Ingredients:

• 1  1/2 kg of duck/chicken
• 100 grams of young cassava leaves, boiled until soft, squeeze, cut into pieces
• 5 tablespoons oil, for sauteing
• Banana leaves/aluminum foil for wrapping

Seasonings for mashed:

• 7 red pepper, and 5 cayenne
• 5 candle nut, roasted
• 10 pieces of red onion
• 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
• 5 pieces of garlic
• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, roasted
• 1 ½ tablespoons lemon grass, finely sliced
• 2 rounded teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon ginger, chopped
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg powder
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• 4 lime leaves
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• Salt and sugar according to taste

Method:

1. Stir-fry ground spices until fragrant and dry. Remove and let cool. For those into two parts.
2. Mix one part spice with cassava leaves. Enter in the body cavity of chicken / duck, pin hole with a toothpick. Smear the remaining seasoning on the chicken surface and under the skin.
3. Cover with several layers of banana leaves, tied tightly with string. Bake in hot oven 180 ° C, for 2-3 hours until cooked.
4. Remove, cut into wedges and serve.