Rica-rica


Rica-rica is a type of Southeast Asian hot and spicy bumbu found in Manado cuisine of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. 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 grounded 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.

Variants

In Manado cuisine, almost all kinds of meats, poultries, freshwater fishes and seafoods can be made into rica-rica dish, however the most popular probably is ayam rica-rica. Another main ingredients that commonly cooked as rica-rica dishes are bebek rica-rica, ikan mas rica-rica, sapi rica-rica, babi rica-rica, cakalang rica-rica, tude rica-rica, udang rica-rica, cumi rica-rica, kelinci rica-rica, to exotic bushmeats such as paniki rica-rica and rintek wu'uk rica-rica.