Resep Manuk Napinadar Ayam Margota Khas Batak. Manuk Napinadar is Indonesian Batak descent cuisine that made of grilled whole chicken and served with hot and spicy blood with andaliman pepper sauce. Manuk napinadar drived from the Batak Toba word manuk means chicken and napinadar which means cooked with blood. Manuk Napinadar or ayam pinadar made from young or junvenile ayam kampung or malay chicken (native breed of free ranged chicken) than leaner and sweeter than regular chicken. The chicken blood for the sauce colected while the chicken slaughtered by incision through the carotic artery and jugularis vein in the neck. The blood dripping colected over a mixture of jeruk purut or kaffir lime juice and salt mixture to prevent the blood clotting.
Blood is a part of Indonesian cuisines, it’s popular ingredients in non-moslem Indonesian descent like Bataknese, Balinese, Torajanese and Minahasan cuisines. Blood is also well known as a blood tonic in Chinese-Indonesian or peranankan cuisine. Majority of Indonesian is moslem and blood is considered as haram or forbidden in Islam, so then blood based Indonesian dishes isn’t that popular and i guess it’s my responsibility to share the blood based Indonesian dishes through out the world. So, alternatively for halal version of manuk pinadar, just simply omit the blood or added some chicken liver puree to give the richness and the dark appearence of napinadar sauce.
Manuk napinadar got several name, it’s also known as ayam napinadar, ayam namargota or simply ayam pinadar. It’s similiar with saksang or manok dinuguan from Philippine for it’s spiciness and hotness, but chicken napinadar is superior for my licking for it’s andaliman pepper. Andaliman pepper (Zanthoxylum acanthopodium native citrusy herbs similiar with Japanese sansho pepper or Chinese szechuan peppercorn that give a refreshing numbning and tangy citrusy flavour. Andaliman pepper or lada batak is an essential ingredients for kicking Bataknese cuisine ; Dengke Naniura (Raw Spicy Pickled Grass Carp Fish), Arsik Ikan Mas Khas batak (Spicy Fish Stew) and Saksang Ayam (Spicy Chicken with Blood Stew.Ayam panggang napinadar or grilled chicken with pinadar sauce is so easy to made, First you should prefer the young and junvenile chicken with a small spurs. Male ayam kampong or malay chicken got firmer texture and sweet taste while the female got more succulent texture for it’s fattier meat and more sweet flesh compare to the male. I personaly love the female more to the male chicken for dorect grilling or barbequing because the male tend to be dry and overcoooked. Ayam pinadar usually made from male ayam kampung for special occation or ceremonial, but the female ones likely found in domestic kitchen consumption.

Ayam Panggang Bumbu Napinadar (Succulent and Tender Grilled Chicken with Spicy Blood-Andaliman Pepper Sauce)
Ayam bakar namargota-pinadar or grilled chicken buterflied and flatened, if you like you spatchcock it to made it evenly cooked ove the griller. The chicken was priorly marinated with salt and pepper and a little dash of kaffir lime juice overnight in the fridge. Eversince the chicken is young, so i guess the collagen is breakdown easily by the acid marinade. My grandmother used to grilled the ayam bakar over dry coconut husk charcoal for slow and constant heat. Agressive heat made the grilled chicken surface burned out while the inside still undercooked, so steady and low heat it’s preferred. If you using oven, i prefer to roast the chicken in low temperature about 150 C for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours until the chicken is tender and the internal temperature is about 75 C, so you need to stop the cooking if the thickest part of the chicken reach about 60-65 because it’s gonna reach anout 75-80 after taken out from the heat and resting. Temperature gauge is really help, but conventionally you can slice through the thickest part of the chicken, it’s cooked when the meat is white and the dripping juice is clear.
Now the ayam napinadar gota or getah or blood sauce, it should be rich, tangy, citrusy, spicy and how with bursting flavour of numbning andaliman pepper flavour. The chicken blood dripped in a mixture of kaffir lime juice, salt and some water directly once it slaughtered. Mixed the blood gently to prevent it clotted, but if it’s clotted, ust simply processed it in a blender before added it to the sauce. The basic seasoning is red shallots, ginger,galagal, turmeric, toasted corriander seed, bird eye chili pepper and andaliman pepper. All the ingredients od bumbu andaliman is chopped info coarsly paste and then sauteed with oil until the spice paste is cooked, fragrance and the oil dripping is separated from the edge of the spice paste. The heat is turn off and the blood mixture is poured and the bumbu napinadar sauce is gently stirred until smooth and then the stove turn on and the sauce is bring to boil and simmerred for about 2 minutes.
Manuk napinadar also called as Manuk niatur, niatur means arranged because the whole grilled chicken is cut into individual portion and then arranged in a serving plate to assable a whole chicken. The chicken is plated from the beak to the tail for a traditional festive occation then the blood and andaliman pepper sauce is added to drenched the grilled chicken. For birthday party, a whole hardboil egg usually added in the middle on the chicken as a simbolize for wishes and thanks for prosperous and wealth lives ahead. Eversince this is for a casual lunch in my mothers home once i got some time off there during the last weekend, i out some tomato rose garnish on it.

Ayam Napinadar-Manuk Namargota- Stewed Chicken with Spicy Blood Sauce, similiar with Dinuguan Manok from Philippine
This is a stewed or braised chicken with spicy blood sauce, the manuk napinadar grilled chicken is cooked within the chicken blood sauce and simmerred for a couple of minutes. Some wateer added into the pan to soften the added some moisture to cooked through the grilled chicken. This version of manuk napinadar is more popular in Batak Selatan or mandailing Batak descent where my mom’s comes from. It’s sort of looks like chicken digunuguan or bigger chunck of chicken saksang. The spice paste of chicken saksang and napinadar is similiar, but the pinadar cooked without any coconut milk on it.
Resep Manuk Napinadar or Ayam Gota (Grilled Chicken with Blood Sauce)
- 1 ayam kampung (whole Indonesian native chicken or malay chicken)
- 1 jeruk purut (kaffir lime juice)
- 3 daun jeruk purut (kaffir lime leaves)
- 2 daun salam (Indonesian bay leaves)
- 40 ml minyak kelapa (coconut oil) for stir frying
- garam (sea salt) to taste
- 1 tbsp Andaliman pepper for marinade the chicken
Bumbu Halus Napinadar (Spice Paste)
- 10 gr cabe merah (red cayenne pepper)
- 30 gr cabe rawit (bird eyes chilies)
- 100 gr bawang merah (red shallots)
- 3 bawang putih (cloves garlic)
- 3 cm lengkuas (galangal)
- 2 cm kunyit (turmeric)
- 10 gr ketumbar sangrai (toasted corriander seed)
- 3 cm jahe (ginger)
- 3 sereh, ambul bagian putih (lemongrass, take the soft white inner part only)
- 3 tbsp Andaliman pepper (you can replace with szechuan peppercorn or sancho peppercorn)
- salt and pepper to taste
Resep Gota /Saus Darah (Blood Mixture)
- 50 ml air (water)
- darah ayam atau 2 buah hati ayam segar (blood of chicken or 2 fresh chicken liver)
- 20 ml air jeruk purut (kaffir lime juice)
- 1 tbsp garam (salt)
*mixed the water, salt and lime juice until well combined and then put the chicken blood dripping over it, stir gently to prevent the blood clotting.
** if using chicken liver, put all ingredients and puree it just before added to the blood sauce
Cara membuat Saus Gotah or Getah Darah Manuk Napinadar (How to make the Spicy Blood Sauce:
- Panaskan 20 ml minyak kelapa di penggorengan (Heat 20 ml coconut oil in a sauce pan)
- Tumis bumbu ayam napinadar halus sampai matang dan harum (Saute the spice paste in a middle high heat until the oil dripping is separated in the edge of the spice paste and throughly cooked)
- Matikan api dan masukkan campuran dahar atau hati ayam ke bumbu ayam napinadar (Turn off the heat and then pour the blood mixture, stir it gently)
- Hidupkan kembali kompor, didihkan dan masak diatas api kecil selama 2 menit (Turn on the heat and bring the napinadar blood sauce mixture, bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes)
- matikan api dan sisihkan saus gota atau getah darah ayam (Remove the sauce from the heat and set aside)
Cara Membuat Ayam Kampung Panggang Manuk Napinadar or Ayam Namargota (Instruction):
- Lumuri ayam dengan air jeruk purut, garam, 20 ml minyak kelapa dan 1 sdm andaliman . Simpan di lemari es hingga bumbu meresap semalaman. (Marinade the chicken with kaffir lime juice, 20 ml coconut oil and 1 tbsp andaliman pepper, refrigerate overnight)
- Bakar ayam kampung di atas bara api tanpa dikipas. (Grilled the chicken over charcoal with low heat)
- Bolak balik ayam agar ayam kampung panggang matang merata, angkat, sisihkan. (Flip over the chicken to prevent burned out and cooked the grilled chicken throughly)
- Potong ayam menjadi 10 potong, susun diatas piring saji (Cut the chicken into individual pieces, arranged it in a serving plate)
- Siram dengan Saus Gota atau Saus darah napinadar diatas ayam panggang, sajikan (Pour the spicy blood sauce over the grilled chicken)
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Aduh nikmat banget ini rasanya..mana mendekati jam makan malam. Aku baru tahu ada masakan ayam panggang dari Batak. Terimakasih atas resepnya Dedy..
Pretty unique presentation and one does not see blood (I will post a recipe with blood soon too funny enough) as an ingredient very often on a blog lol. But it does look delicious!
Dedy you don’t joke around 🙂 it looks yummy!
Yum – looks delicious Dedy
Another masterpiece Doc! I am not familiar with andaliman peppers but your comparison to Schezuan peppers was helpful and now I know this is one spicy hot dish!!!
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The splayed out barbecued chicken on the hot coals looks amazing. Quite an educational post Dedy – I didn’t know blood featured in Indonesian cuisine. Love the tomato rose on top!
Whoa, chef! The whole chicken over grill! It must be really good with grilled over charcoal like that. And I’m interested in tasting the sauce! It sounds rich and now I’m curious of the flavor!
What? The blood sauce is not just that name? You used real blood? Okay…you really have to come over and make this dish, cause I ain’t drawing any blood from any parts of animal. You’re AMAZING!
Spanish and Latin American cultures use blood in some of their cuisine too, such as in blood sausages.
Ooooo….panggang (barbecued) over hot burning charcoal. This is good, no doubt about it!
Mmmmm…..nice presentations and the food looks delicious! 🙂
This looks fantastic Dedy. That chicken is amazing and your local pepper is perfect, such a pretty colour. I will try it with the chicken liver sauce, much easier than the chicken blood but I love your clear instructions and photographs. Fantastic! 😀
Another great recipe. I love using coconut oil. I wonder if our chickens are the same?
I have never cooked with blood before but this dish looks amazing.
aiii… masakan Batak… nyami…
ini resep tradisional kayaknya bisa dijadiin buku
Wow, this is wonderful! I’ve never used blood as an ingredient, although I’ve had dishes at restaurants that used it. Not the easiest thing to find in the typical US supermarket. 🙂 Great dish — thanks.
I gather your grandmother was a great cook and she is your inspiration. Your love of food and cooking was influenced by her.
This looks interesting Dedy, we have blood sausage in Germany. Your posts are very informative and I’m learning a lot. Thank you
Hi Dedy, very interesting chicken dish, what a flavorful meal. Nice job!
Have you ever thought of opening a restaurant? your blog is too good to be true and meaty too!!!!
Gosh!! What a dish, spattering with so many flavors and definitely spicy enough for my taste.
Ah!
I want this in my mouth, PRONTO!!
I ALWYAS love visiting your blog! I know it usually starts with me squinting at the picture of your newest dish, trying to figure out what exotic ingredient you have been working your magic on. It is not unusual that I fail at guessing, but this time I almost said out loud: chicken! I adore chicken! Might sounds strange, but ever since I have been a child I have liked it so much that my mother still giggles from the memories when I say the word chicken now. But all this said, I have never had chicken prepared this way – what a fabulous recipe!
I love your posts , Dedy, i always learn a lot not only about cuisine buit as well about country and culture.
This is a very exotic and exciting dish.
A uniquely educationl recipe Dedy. I really enjoyed your explanations and details. Quite a learning expereince. Now for some samples:)
Thank you so much for sharing…
The recipe in that book I posted, the United Nations Cookbook, featured a recipe for Semur from Indonesia. Let me know if you want the version of the recipe in the book, Dedy. I will scan it for you:)
that really kind of you my friend, i will be glad if you did that for me….
sudah lama nggak makan ayam bakar, apalagi yang masih ada kepalanya, nggak ada yg jual di sini
Loving all your fresh herbs and spices in this dish. I love that photo of the bird getting cooked on the charcoal grill. Great shot!
Fab recipe, just what I could do with right now in this cold weather!
Beautifully decorated and sounds delicious! Your gourmet knowledge is incredible! J+C
Wow! Another incredible dish, Dedy! The chicken looks amazing with all those flavors and spices!
Wow – another stunner! Thanks for all the hints – I will probably have to use the chicken livers instead of blood! Your girlfriend is the luckiest woman on earth – I hope she knows it!
I always get to learn something new on my visit to your blog. This recipe with blood sauce is no different.
Thats a long name and I like whats on it. Reminds me of dinuguan a Philipine blood stew.
HI Dedy, wow, this Indonesian ayam panggang memang sedaplicious!! Air liur dah meleleh ni.. hahaha.. Have an enjoyable week and warmest regards 🙂
Wow chef, you have outdone yourself. That’s a great looking bird.
Have a great week.
My family wouldn’t even touch it, just because it looks so different I think. I would eat this right up though, it looks really delicious and super easy to make! I usually make roast or pig on a spit, but this could really be good and I might have to try making it sometime. http://www.victoriangoldenroast.com.au