Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)
Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, soto ayam (indonesian chicken soup). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Soto ayam, an Indonesian version of chicken soup, is a clear herbal broth brightened by fresh turmeric and herbs, with skinny rice noodles buried in the bowl. It is served with a boiled egg, fried shallots, celery leaves and herbs, and is hearty enough for a meal. The ultimate comforting Asian noodle soup - soto ayam or Indonesian Chicken Noodle Soup. Flavoured with turmeric and coconut and served with rice.

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook soto ayam (indonesian chicken soup) using 27 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup):
  1. Get 2 lbs chicken thigh (boneless)
  2. Take 2 L (8 cups) water
  3. Get 4 bay leaves
  4. Get 5 kaffir lime leaves
  5. Prepare 2 lemon grass (the white part only), bruised
  6. Get 1 inch dried galangal
  7. Take 2 celery stalks, chopped
  8. Take 3 teaspoon salt
  9. Take 1 teaspoon sugar
  10. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
  11. Get Grind the following into spice paste :
  12. Take 7 shallots
  13. Take 5 garlic cloves
  14. Get 2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  15. Make ready 2 teaspoon ginger powder
  16. Take 2 teaspoon ground coriander
  17. Make ready 1 teaspoon ground cummin
  18. Take 5 candlenut
  19. Take Accompaniments and Garnishes :
  20. Prepare Glass noodle, soaked in hot boiling water until soft then drained
  21. Take Shredded cabbage
  22. Make ready Cooked rice
  23. Get Homemade potato chips (optional)
  24. Get Scallion stalk/chives, finely chopped
  25. Get Shrimp crackers, process in a food processor until they get powdery (optional)
  26. Take Fried shallots (optional)
  27. Make ready 6 hard boiled eggs

Soto ayam is chicken noodle soup - Indonesian style. This is seriously tasty noodle soup. I've had soto ayam in the Netherlands. That's as close as you can get outside Indonesia I think.

Steps to make Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup):
  1. In a frying pan, heat 3 tablespoon of oil and stir fry the spice paste, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass and galangal until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes. Keep stirring to avoid burning.
  2. Turn the heat off. Transfer everything from the frying pan to a slow cooker. Add chicken, water, chopped celery, salt, sugar and white pepper. Set on low. Cook for 6 hours. Taste and adjust salt/pepper as needed.
  3. Take the chicken out and let them cool. Shred the meat.
  4. How to serve : - Prepare bowls, add into each bowl some glass noodle, some shredded cabbage, some shredded chicken, 1 hard boil egg, garnish with some chopped scallion, fried shallots, potato chips and ground shrimp crackers. Pour in the soup. To make a more filling meal, it is common in Indonesia to serve Soto Ayam with a bowl of warm white rice. Sometimes I also add some fresh sliced tomatoes.
  5. I made sweet potato chips instead of potato chips. I sliced the sweet potatoes thinly using a 1 mm slicing blade in a food processor then soaked them in salt water for an hour then deep fried them. Do the same thing if you use potatoes.

I've had soto ayam in the Netherlands. That's as close as you can get outside Indonesia I think. They are mad for Indonesian in the Netherlands. The original recipe require fresh ginger and turmeric,i modify it with the powder,since those i have on hand. This is kemiri or candle nut.

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