Ayam bakar is a generic term to refer various kinds of Indonesian dish of charcoal-grilled chicken. Ayam bakar literally means "roasted chicken" in Indonesian. In Java, the chicken is usually marinated with the mixture of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) and coconut oil, applied with a brush during grilling. The bumbu spices mixture may vary among regions, but usually it consists of combination of ground shallot, garlic, chili pepper, coriander, tamarind juice, candlenut, turmeric, galangal and salt. In Java ayam bakar usually tastes rather sweet because the generous amount of sweet soy sauce either as marination or dipping sauce. While the ayam bakar of Minangkabau (Padang), Bali and Lombok, and most of Sumatra, usually more spicier and reddish in color because the generous amount of chili pepper, turmeric and other spices, and the absent of sweet soy sauce.





