Easy dairy-free and gluten-free Braised Chicken Drumsticks In Coconut Water, then bake it until little bit charred, perfect for meal prep ideas.
This dish inspired by the chicken pop from West Sumatra province, Indonesia. There are lots of chicken dish varieties in each provinces in Indonesia. From the simple fried chicken to the one with full of flavor from the exotic herb they use on cooking.
Chicken pop is chicken braised in coconut water until it cooks tender, then it depends on the personal preference if you want to continue to fry the chicken, baked it or broil it. I baked it for about 10 minutes instead. But also if you would like to serve it after just done braised the chicken, it still perfectly fine, because the chicken is cook already. I use the ingredients that available here in the four-season country. Like we all know that sometimes it is quite hard to find some exotic seasoning for cooking here.
For more flavourful taste, I use boneless skinless chicken drumstick. If you have access to fresh coconut water that would be great, but a good can of coconut water without any additive and preservative is also great for this.
It might look like a lot of time to spend in the kitchen when you braised the chicken in coconut water for one hour, but it isn’t. You just put all ingredients in the pan, boil it, forget about it for one hour until it cooked.
- 10 pcs chicken drumstick about 3 lb
- 5 garlic
- 3 shallot or small size onion
- 4 cups coconut water
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp white pepper
- juice from 1 lime
- 2 tbsp oil
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Put all ingredients except oil in the medium-sized pan.
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Cook it over medium heat, until the chicken is cooked through about 1 hour, increase cooking time and simmer it for another 45 minutes if you want the chicken to fall apart off the bone. But 1 hour cooking time is perfectly fine.
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Preheat oven to 425° F.
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Prepare the baking sheet, line it with parchment paper.
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Take the chicken drumstick of the pan, drizzle the chicken with oil, put them on the baking sheet.
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Bake it for 10 minutes until the chicken gets the slightly golden color and a little bit charred, flip it once.
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Serve it with fluffy cooked rice or any side dish you like.
- For frying option:
Once the chicken braised, shallow fry the chicken pieces for a few minutes.
- You also can serve the chicken once it braised done if you preferred.
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To make it into the meal prep ideas, you can braise the chicken in large quantities, bake it then pack it per portion enough for the next couple days meals.
Traditionally, from where the dish came from, they serve this chicken with spicy condiments called sambal that looks like salsa contain hot chili, tomato, onion, garlic and shrimp paste for dipping sauce. Serve it with cooked fluffy rice and raw vegetable for a complete meal. Here is the recipe for Chili Sambal if you like spicy food.
If you like more meal prep ideas, try these chicken recipes.
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Flavors look amazing
Thank you, it does!
Yum!!! This looks absolutely delicious. I’m always in need of recipes. I’ll have to give it a try. Thank you!
Thank you, yes please give it a try, let me know how it goes!
Healthy: Check. Easy: Check. Delicious: Looks like it! Awesome recipe idea!
Thank you, all recipes here are quick and easy but still delicious for sure!
I have never heard of chicken cooked this way, but it looks delicious. I love the idea of pairing it with spicy sambal! PS – Your photos are fantastic!
Thank you, I am still learning how to do food photography the right way! It is a perfect match for spicy sambal with this recipe!
Looks so easy! And I love dairy-free ideas because I’m trying to stay away from that 🙂 I will put this on my list!
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Thank you, all recipes here are dairy-free and nut-free, I do too try to avoid dairy in order to follow my daughter’s dietary restriction.
Really nice recipe post with some great detail to the steps in making too. Looks like a really good recipe. I’ll have to try it soon!
Thank you, I always try to show the picture how to make the recipe, yes please, let me know how it goes!
This is great inspiration! I could easily do this with tofu and get a similar result. Thank you for the idea ?
Thank you, yes I do this with tofu also and rice!
I would have never thought to season chicken this way, but what a fabulous idea! I season chicken with bbq sauce and Italian dressing mostly, so this is a nice change!
Thank you, yes it is a simple way, and a tasty one!
This looks amazing! I bet that broth is really good too!!
Thank you, yes the broth is tasty too!
Love this! And it is Keto friendly which is what we are trying to do anyway!!!
Thank you, that’s sounds great this recipe fit into Keto friendly!
Sounds so healthy! I’ve only used water for cooking chicken. This probably adds a nice touch of flavor too! 🙂
Yes it does add flavor on it, definitely different taste than using water alone.
Looks yummy! I’ll have to try this recipe!
Thank you, yes please try it, and let me know how it goes!
I don’t think I’ve ever had anything like this recipe, but it does sound delicious, especially from the natural sweetness coconut water gives. When I think of it, it kind of gives that Thai vibe to it!
Yes, it is close to the Thai food taste!
Pinning this to try soon since I have been wanting to try using coconut water! These looks so good! Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you, coconut water is tasty to use for cooking, I hope you like it too!
This chicken looks so tasty! I’m really bad at cooking meat, but I think I can make this!
This is very easy to do, you can even cook it on slow cooker or instant pot.
This will probably sound weird, but I never thought of using coconut water for cooking. I usually just drink it. Interesting idea!
It doesn’t sounds weird at all, I do too love to drink it because coconut water is an excellent natural electrolyte. It is very common in South East Asian cooking using coconut water.
This sounds so interesting! I’ve never tasted anything like this but it sounds good!
Thank you, it has the tropical dish taste like!