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Chicken Murtabak

Name: Chicken Murtabak
Yield: Makes 10
Ingredients: 600g plain flour; 1 ½ tbsp neutral oil; 2 eggs; 1 tsp caster sugar; 1 tsp salt; 1 cup warm water; oil, for resting dough; 2 tbsp neutral oil; 1 red onion, diced; 3 garlic cloves, grated; 3cm piece ginger, grated; 2 tsp ground cumin; 2 tsp ground turmeric; 2 tsp ground coriander; 400g chicken mince; 2 eggs, whisked; 2 spring onions, finely chopped; 10 dried red chillies, deseeded; 4 garlic cloves; 4cm piece ginger, sliced; 1 red onion, roughly chopped; 1 tbsp belacan shrimp paste; 3 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp lime juice; ⅓ cup vegetable oil; 60g sugar; 60g lime juice; 6 lemongrass leaves, finely chopped; vegetable oil, for shallow–frying

Theo Loizou

15 Jun 2025

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Makes 10

Serves

Components

Ingredients

Season

Ingredients

Dough

600gplain flour

1 ½ tbspneutral oil

2eggs

1 tspcaster sugar

1 tspsalt

1 cupwarm water

oil, for resting dough

Filling

2 tbspneutral oil

1red onion, diced

3garlic cloves, grated

3cm pieceginger, grated

2 tspground cumin

2 tspground turmeric

2 tspground coriander

400gchicken mince

2eggs, whisked

2spring onions, finely chopped

Chilli Sambal

10dried red chillies, deseeded

4garlic cloves

4cmpiece ginger, sliced

1red onion, roughly chopped

1 tbspbelacan shrimp paste

3 tbspsugar

2 tbsplime juice

⅓ cupvegetable oil

Dipping Sauce

60gsugar

60glime juice

6lemongrass leaves, finely chopped

vegetable oil, for shallow–frying

Method

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ChickenSambal OelekCorianderBelacanMain

Recipe by Theo Loizou, Season 17. Originally published by Network 10 on 15 Jun 2025.

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