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

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Save time and buy groceries online from Amazon.co.uk Huge Selection on Second Hand Books. Soto ayam is a chicken soup dish originated from Indonesia and is popular in Malaysia and Singapore. However, you have to take a paradigm shift to appreciate it. Unlike a creamy soup, it's a clear soup with loads of ingredients and condiments.

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

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

Prepared with a simple aromatic chicken broth that's infused with Asian spices, this soup is flavourful on its own. But, when generously ladled over noodles, topped with chunky, juicy, tender chicken pieces, slices of boiled eggs, and sprinkled with thinly sliced spring onions. In Indonesian language, soto means soup and ayam means chicken. I always make this in a lazy way, using a slow cooker šŸ˜Š (very untraditional way to cook Soto Ayam in Indonesia).

Instructions 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.

In Indonesian language, soto means soup and ayam means chicken. I always make this in a lazy way, using a slow cooker šŸ˜Š (very untraditional way to cook Soto Ayam in Indonesia). Please do not get intimidated by the long list of ingredients. It may not look much from the photo, but it is very delicious and incredibly flavorful. 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.

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