How to Make Favorite Indonesian Chicken Soup (Soto Ayam)

Indonesian Chicken Soup (Soto Ayam). 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. Video tutorial how to cook Indonesian favorite chicken soup, Soto Ayam.

This soup/stew is full of flavours and textures. The recipe is adapted from Wendy Hutton's beautiful book 'Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass'. I added a stalk of bruised lemongrass to amp up the lemony taste, and I would have used galangal too if I had some, no matter.

Hey everyone, hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, indonesian chicken soup (soto ayam). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look 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. Video tutorial how to cook Indonesian favorite chicken soup, Soto Ayam.

Indonesian Chicken Soup (Soto Ayam) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It's easy, it's fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Indonesian Chicken Soup (Soto Ayam) is something that I've loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook indonesian chicken soup (soto ayam) using 27 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Indonesian Chicken Soup (Soto Ayam):

1. {Prepare of For Broth.
2. {Prepare of Chicken (i use around 300gr).
3. {Take 1 litre of Water for boil.
4. {Make ready 3 of Bay Leaves.
5. {Get 2 tbsp of Lemon grass powder (fresh will be better).
6. {Take 1 tsp of dried Galangal (fresh will better).
7. {Get 1 tbsp of ginger powder + 1 dried ginger (fresh will be better).
8. {Make ready 1 tsp of coriander seeds.
9. {Take 2 tbsp of turmeric powder.
10. {Get 5 cloves of garlic.
11. {Prepare 2 of shallots (i used red onion).
12. {Make ready 1 tsp of white pepper.
13. {Prepare 1 tsp of cumin powder.
14. {Prepare 2 of candlenuts.
15. {Get 1/4 of nutmeg since i dont wan't strong taste of it.
16. {Take of Salt.
17. {Make ready of For Servings.
18. {Prepare of Boiled eggs.
19. {Prepare of White cabbage - shredded.
20. {Make ready of Green onion - chopped.
21. {Prepare of Bean sprouts.
22. {Take of Perkedel.
23. {Prepare of Fried onion (see in my other recipe).
24. {Make ready of Vermicelli noodles (i don't have, i use rice).
25. {Prepare of Kaffir limes (i use lemon).
26. {Take of Sambal (chili sauce/ paste).
27. {Take of Sweet soya sauce.

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.

Instructions to make Indonesian Chicken Soup (Soto Ayam):

1. Prepare Pot, put 1 litre water. Boil it. Add chicken and bay leaves.
2. Smash garlic, candlenuts, coriander seeds, ginger, galangal, nutmeg and onion until it become paste (you can use food processor).
3. Fry the paste add turmeric powder, lemongrass powder, cumin powder, salt & white pepper.
4. Add the fried seasonings above into pot.
5. After the chicken cooked well take chicken, let it cool and shred it..
6. Meanwhile prepare for servings, soak bean sprouts and white cabbage in hot water until it soft and rinse it.
7. The servings, shredded white cabbage, tomatoes, bean sprouts, shredded chicken, chopped green onions, boiled eggs, fried onion, fritter potato (Perkedel/ frikadel).
8. Meanwhile prepare your bowl, fill with vermicelli / rice / rice cake shredded cabagge, bean sprouts, sambal, green onion, boiled egg halved, add the broth. Add fried onion & perkedel.
9. With rice cake (Lontong).

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. They are mad for Indonesian in the Netherlands. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, shred or roughly chop the meat.

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