How to Cook Chicken Balado at Home

Our easy-to-follow guide will walk you through the steps to create a delicious Chicken Balado right in your own kitchen. With readily available ingredients and simple instructions, you'll be able to cook a homemade Chicken Balado that's sure to impress. Chicken Balado is a famous Indonesian dish. This food can be found in West Sumatra, especially in the city of Padang. Balado comes from the word 'lado' which means spicy seasoning. So, Balado cuisine means spicy food. Balado is a typical Minangkabau cooking method by sauteing chilies with various spices, usually shallots and garlic. It turns out that although Balado is spicy, the main ingredient is not just chili. Other ingredients that make Chicken Balado taste stronger are cayenne pepper, garlic, and shallots. You can also add galangal, bay leaf, and lemongrass to make the balado seasoning more fragrant. Balado is a spicy red sauce mixed with chunks of red chili sauce, which can be mixed with a variety of other foods. Meat or vegetables that can be made with this Balado sauce include beef, chicken, shrimp, squid, eggplant, eggs, potatoes, etc. For meat, usually, it has to be sauteed first so that the meat is cooked, then mixed with Balado sauce. It's very easy to make this dish, you can see the recipe below for Chicken Balado.