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 seafood can be made into rica-rica dishes; however, the most popular are probably ayam rica-rica (chicken rica-rica) and ayam iloni.[3]
Other dishes that are commonly cooked with rica-rica 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 -
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.
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