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

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, soto ayam (indonesian chicken soup). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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. Soto ayam is chicken noodle soup - Indonesian style.

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this 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 that.

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

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 😊 (very untraditional way to cook Soto Ayam in Indonesia). Please do not get intimidated by the long list of ingredients.

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.

I always make this in a lazy way, using a slow cooker 😊 (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. It is served with a boiled egg, fried.

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