Whole chicken
Use this name when searching English-language shops and recipe labels.
Ingredient identity
Whole chicken
ayam utuh
silky poached centrepiece and source of useful cavity fat
Identify and use it
What this ingredient does.
Use the market names and recipe-specific role to identify it and understand how it behaves in the dish.
ayam utuh
Show this name to an Indonesian grocer or market seller.
silky poached centrepiece and source of useful cavity fat
Its importance can change by recipe; check the linked recipe before swapping or omitting it.
protein
Keep chilled below 5C and cook within the use-by window; freeze if shopping more than two days ahead.
Substitution decision
What can change, and what should not.
Follow the relevant recipe when the ingredient controls texture or identity.
No alternative recorded
Use the named ingredient for now, or open a linked recipe to see whether omission is addressed there.
Check before you replace it
- Keep below 5°C, do not wash raw chicken, and cook both thickest breast and innermost thigh to at least 75°C.
Melbourne and Jakarta
Check dated merchant records first.
A merchant listing can confirm the name, form, pack, or shopping route. It is not live inventory, so recheck the cited source before travelling or relying on delivery.
Melbourne
Exact local forms where a first-party merchant source was found.
Jakarta
Product and delivery options vary by address and neighbourhood.
Broader search fallbacks
Use these only when no dated match above works. They do not confirm a product, branch, price, or stock state.
MelbourneSearch fallback
- Melbourne poultry shop, butcher, or supermarket; choose a bird that fits the stockpot
Confirm the exact form and branch before travelling.
Melbourne
Nearby butchers
Search Coles
Search WoolworthsFind an ALDIFind an IGASearch TozerbaSearch Asian PantryToko NusantaraThese links open searches, catalogues, or store locators. Check the exact form and local availability there.
JakartaSearch fallback
- trusted poultry seller or high-turnover supermarket; choose an intact chilled bird
Select a delivery location before relying on availability.
Jakarta
Nearby butchers and marketsPasar Jaya networkSuper Indo locationsRanch Market outletsHypermart online
Search Sayurbox
Search Tokopedia
Search ShopeeOpen GrabMartThese links open searches, catalogues, or store locators. Check the exact form and local availability there.
Recipe-specific guidance
See what it changes in the dish.
Open a recipe for its amount, role, warning, visual checkpoint, and any substitution note.
