Rica-rica
 Rica-ricasauce | |
| Course | Main course |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | North SulawesiandGorontalo |
| 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 calledrica) is a type ofSoutheast Asianhot and spicybumbu(spicemixture) found inMinahasan cuisineandGorontalo cuisineofMinahasa Peninsula,North Sulawesi,Indonesia.[1]
Rica-rica uses much chopped or ground red and greenchili peppers,bird's eye chili,shallots,garlic,ginger,and a pinch of salt and sugar. Such ground spices are cooked incoconutoil and mixed with lime leaf, bruisedlemongrassand lime juice.
In Indonesia it is a popular hot and spicy seasoning to prepare barbecued meat, seafood or chicken.[2]
Variants
[edit]InMinahasan cuisineandGorontalese cuisine,almost all kinds of meats, poultries, freshwater fishes andseafoodcan be made into rica-rica dishes; however, the most popular are probablyayam rica-rica(chicken rica-rica) andayam iloni.[3]
Other dishes that are commonly cooked with rica-rica are:
Minahasan cuisine
[edit]- Bebek rica-rica(duck)
- Ikan mas rica-rica(carpfish)
- 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)
- Exoticbushmeatssuch aspanikirica-rica(fruitbat)
- Rintek wu'uk rica-rica(dog meat)
- Ular patola rica-rica(python)
Gorontalo Cuisine
[edit]- Ikan goropa bakar rica-rica(grouper)
- Bilentangoorbala 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 -
Pork rica-rica
See also
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References
[edit]- ^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.RetrievedApril 1,2014.
