Ayam goreng
Ayam goreng is an Indonesian and Malaysian dish consisting of chicken deep fried in oil. "Ayam goreng" literally means "fried chicken" in Malay (including both Indonesian and Malaysian standards) and also in many Indonesian regional languages (e.g. Javanese). Marination and spices. Some versions of "ayam goreng" are neither coated in batter nor flour, but seasoned richly with various spices. The spice mixture may vary among regions, but usually it consists of a combination of ground shallot, garlic, Indian bay leaves, turmeric, lemongrass, tamarind juice, candlenut, galangal, salt and sugar. The chicken pieces are soaked and marinated in the  spice mixture for some time prior to frying, for the chicken to absorb the spices. The marination process might include heating the chicken in ground spices to assist the spice absorption. Most often prior to deep frying, "ayam goreng" is already half-cooked with yellowish colour tinted of turmeric. In Javanese, this process is called "ungkep". The chicken is then deep fried in an ample amount of hot cooking oil, either palm or coconut oil. The chicken is well-fried until golden yellow. Some variants such as Javanese "ayam goreng kremes" might add the deep fried spiced flour as crispy  granules. While in other recipes, these tasty granules are acquired from fried grated galangal or coconut ("serundeng"). "Ayam goreng" is usually served with steamed rice, "sambal terasi" (chili with shrimp paste) or "sambal kecap" (sliced chilli and shallot in sweet soy sauce) as a dipping sauce or condiment and slices of cucumber and tomato for garnish. Fried tempeh and tofu might be added as side dishes. Variants. There are many recipes of "ayam goreng", among the popular ones are: In Indonesia and Malaysia various style of foreign fried chicken is often also called as "ayam goreng". Common Southern United States  fried chicken is often called "ayam goreng tepung" or flour-battered or breaded fried chicken. Common McDonald's fried chicken is marketed as "Ayam Goreng McD" in Malaysia.