Rica-rica
Indonesian type of hot and spicy spice mixture
Rica-rica
sauce
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Course | Main course |
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Place of origin | Indonesia |
Region or state | North Sulawesi and Gorontalo |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Chicken, meat, or seafood in hot and spicy spice mixture with much red chili pepper |
Rica-rica (or sometimes simply called rica ) is a type of Southeast Asian hot and spicy bumbu ( spice mixture) found in Minahasan cuisine and Gorontalo cuisine of Minahasa Peninsula , North Sulawesi , Indonesia . [1]
Rica-rica uses much chopped or ground red and green chili peppers , bird's eye chili , shallots , garlic , ginger , and a pinch of salt and sugar. Such ground spices are cooked in coconut oil and mixed with lime leaf, bruised lemongrass and lime juice.
In Indonesia it is a popular hot and spicy seasoning to prepare barbecued meat, seafood or chicken. [2]
Variants
In Minahasan cuisine and Gorontalese cuisine , almost all kinds of meats, poultries, freshwater fishes and seafoods can be made into rica-rica dish, however the most popular probably is ayam rica-rica (chicken rica-rica) and ayam iloni . [3]
Another main ingredients that commonly cooked as rica-rica dishes are:
Minahasan cuisine
- Bebek rica-rica ( duck )
- Ikan mas rica-rica ( carp fish)
- Sapi rica-rica ( beef )
- Babi rica-rica ( pork )
- Cakalang rica-rica ( skipjack tuna )
- Tude rica-rica ( mackerel )
- Udang rica-rica ( shrimp )
- Cumi rica-rica ( squid )
- Kelinci rica-rica ( rabbit )
- Exotic bushmeats such as paniki rica-rica (fruit bat )
- Rintek wu'uk rica-rica ( dog meat )
- Ular patola rica-rica ( python )
Gorontalo Cuisine
- Ikan goropa bakar rica-rica ( grouper )
- Bilentango or bala rica ( tilapia )
- Sate tuna ( tuna )
- Tuna rica-rica (tuna)
- Rahang tuna rica-rica (tuna)
- Dehu rica-rica ( mackerel tuna )
- Ayam kampung goreng rica-rica ( free-range chicken )
- Ikan nila rica-rica ( tilapia )
- Rica-rica dishes
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Mackerel rica-rica
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Pork rica-rica
See also
References
- ↑ Albala, K. ed., 2016. At the Table: Food and Family around the World: Food and Family around the World . ABC-CLIO.
- ↑ Anita (23 June 2013). "Ayam Rica Rica" . Daily cooking Quest .
- ↑ "Ayam Rica-Rica" (in Indonesian). Femina . Retrieved April 1, 2014 .