Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

Name: How to cook Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 - 6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Pawon Indo Bule

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

Soto ayam is one of my family favorite food. 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. It may not look much from the photo, but it is very delicious and incredibly flavorful.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 - 6 servings

2 lbs

chicken thigh (boneless)

2 L (8 cups)

water

bay leaves

kaffir lime leaves

lemon grass (the white part only), bruised

1 inch

dried galangal

celery stalks, chopped

3 teaspoon

salt

1 teaspoon

sugar

1/4 teaspoon

ground white pepper

shallots

garlic cloves

2 teaspoon

turmeric powder

2 teaspoon

ginger powder

2 teaspoon

ground coriander

1 teaspoon

ground cummin

candlenut

Glass

noodle, soaked in hot boiling water until soft then drained

hard boiled eggs

Cooking instructions

* Step 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.

* Step 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.

* Step 3

Take the chicken out and let them cool. Shred the meat.

* Step 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.

* Step 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.

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