Madonese Style Grilled Chicken

This speciality comes from Manado, North Sulawesi. Rica means chilli in local language. This region is well-known as their delicious spicy food.

Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken or 1 kg chicken, cut into 4 or 6 small pieces
- 1-2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 small fresh tomatoes, cut into small pieces
- 2 Fresh kaffir lime leaves 

- 1 stalk of lemongrass ( sereh / serai ), take the white part only
- Salt to taste
Spice Paste
- 10 red chillies
- 5 bird's eyes chillies
- 5 shallots or 1 small red onion
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 3 teaspoons grated ginger
Directions
1. Marinate the chicken with salt and lime juice and leave them for 15 minutes.
2. Heat 2 tablespoons vegetables oil in a wok over medium heat and sauté the spice paste until fragrant then add the tomatoes, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass and around 200 water. Add the chicken and cook half-done and the spice absorbed. Set aside.
3. Grill the chicken on a barbeque grill or in an oven over moderate heat until done. When it's done serve with the rest of sauce.
4. Serving suggestion: can be eaten with plain rice (nasi putih), cooked vegetables with grated coconut (urap-urap sayur),  crispy rice flour cracker (rempeyek)