Chicken Nutmeg

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This dish is one of those that I've been dying to try. It's really really delicious with all that sweetness, spiciness and different flavours going on. Although I added 1 tsp of nutmeg, it wasn't very nutmegy, would definitely add more the next time, which is very soon. The wildboar thinks that it's too sweet, the taste of kecap manis was a bit too overpowering. But I didn't think so, then again, I have a sweet tooth and tend to have a preference for sweet savoury dishes - caramelised pork..yum yum!


Ingredients:
Adapted from Elra's cooking
720g chicken pieces (about 7 pieces)3 small onions - sliced2 garlic cloves - crushed1 tsp (more or less depending on your taste) freshly grated nutmeg1 stalk fresh lemon grass - bruised2-inch fresh galangal - sliced5 dried kaffir lime leaves1 red chilli - sliced with seeds still intact1/3 cup kecap manis 1/3 cup Shaoxing wine1/3 water 1/2 tsp fish sauce
Directions:
Heat up a bit of oil in a pot.Add onions, fry until softened.Add galangal and garlic, fry until fragrant.Mix in the rest of the ingredients, bring to boil then lower heat to simmer until chicken is tender and sauce is thickened (about 45 mins).