Smashed Chicken with Green Sambal

Green chili sambal scared me when I was little. It just looked so spicy! However, I was recently reintroduced to it, and the sweet, spicy, earthy flavors of the sambal paired with the chicken was a revelation. Eaten with rice, it makes for a simple yet delicious meal. It’s also tasty as a taco filling! Ayam penyet is traditionally made with a mortar and pestle. The first step is to pound the sambal into a paste. Then add the cooked chicken and pound, or penyet, the chicken on both sides wit