Pecel Pitik Banyuwangi, Another Way to Serve Chicken on Your Table

TIMESINDONESIA, BANYUWANGI – Banyuwangi, a city nestled in the Eastern side of East Java has been well known to have world class tourist destination. And this was supporting with variety of world class local dishes such as Pecel Pitik. This dish will make your your visit to this city feel complete.

Pecel Pitik is such local delicacy which only served during certain occasion. you could say this dish was a mere festive food which only occur during traditional ceremony of Osing tribe, the indigenous community that lives in the city. 

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The taste has made the tourists willing to comeback to the city just for this food. However, as an festive food, not every restaurant has this kind of dish. Yet as the modern day comes, there has been several local restaurant serve this kind of dish.

The Nature of Pecel Pitik Banyuwangi

Back then this dish was considered as sacred food which only served during traditional ceremony. The local community used free raised chicken to maintain the taste and texture. 

They will grilled the chicken first until its done. and then prepare the ingredients which was made of bird eye chili, cayenne chili, sugar, candlenut, shrimp paste, ground peanut, and grated coconut. All the ingredients will be grounded then mixed together with the grated coconut. 

Once the chicken ready, make a big floss of it and mix together with the ingredients. Normally the taste will be very spicy. But you can ask for so-so level of spiciness to match your taste. 

If you ever happened to visit Banyuwangi you could asked the local Osing community to make you this special dish. Or you could find Pecel Pitik in one of to the top hotel in the local area. Happy hunting!!!. (*)

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