Chicken Sambal (One Pot, with Coconut)

• 2 Tablespoons cooking oil
• 5 cloves fresh garlic peel and smash
• 1 inch fresh ginger sliced
• 3 shallot Substitute: ½ onion, preferably red
• 3 Tablespoons sugar Traditionally palm sugar but brown sugar or white sugar work too.
• 2 Tablespoons fish sauce Use light soy sauce as a substitute if you don't have it.
• 1 Tablespoon white rice vinegar You can use white wine vinegar
• ½ Tablespoon light soy sauce Don't use dark, sweet or thick soy.
• 2 kaffir lime leaves Crush then add, no need to slice.
• 3-5 Tablespoons sambal oelek Depending on how spicy you want it to be. I used my homemade sambal oelek, but you can also use shopbought (from the Asian market.) 
• 1 lb chicken I used boneless, skinless thighs. You can use bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs or chicken wings too. The recipe would work with chicken breast but I don't recommend it as it's dryer so you would need to be pretty precise with the cooking time. You have more leeway with dark meat!
• 1 Cup coconut milk If using coconut milk, omit the water.
• 4 Tablespoons water Substitute: chicken brown
• 1 teaspoons turmeric powder

Veggies

• 3 tomatoes Cut in wedges
• ¼ bell pepper sliced
• 1 small bunch kale

Garnish

• 3 lime Cut in half. Do not omit.
• Coriander Optional
• green onions Sliced, optional