Weekend trip tip: 12 best ayam penyet spots in Singapore

Fried chicken is always the right answer, and here are 12 places to find the best Indonesian smashed chicken, ayam penyet in Singapore.

Ayam penyet is a East Javanese fried chicken dish. To prepare it, the meat is marinated in a blend of herbs and spices, battered, boiled, and deep-fried. Once cooked, the chicken is smashed – penyet in the local language – with a mallet to soften the meat and separate it from the bone. Chicken thigh is the most commonly used cut, and it is accompanied by fried tofu, fried tempeh, raw vegetables such as cucumber, and sambal belachan.