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

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, soto ayam (indonesian chicken soup). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This version of the classic Indonesian chicken soup comes from the Hyatt Regency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In the magazine, they talk about having a no RSVP soup party which is low pressure & high commitment. Soto ayam is a yellow spicy chicken soup with lontong or nasi himpit or ketupat (all compressed rice that is then cut into small cakes) and/or vermicelli or noodles, it is from Indonesia.

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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. Prepare 2 lbs chicken thigh (boneless)
  2. Make ready 2 L (8 cups) water
  3. Prepare 4 bay leaves
  4. Make ready 5 kaffir lime leaves
  5. Make ready 2 lemon grass (the white part only), bruised
  6. Prepare 1 inch dried galangal
  7. Take 2 celery stalks, chopped
  8. Get 3 teaspoon salt
  9. Make ready 1 teaspoon sugar
  10. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
  11. Prepare Grind the following into spice paste :
  12. Get 7 shallots
  13. Prepare 5 garlic cloves
  14. Take 2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  15. Make ready 2 teaspoon ginger powder
  16. Take 2 teaspoon ground coriander
  17. Take 1 teaspoon ground cummin
  18. Take 5 candlenut
  19. Prepare Accompaniments and Garnishes :
  20. Prepare Glass noodle, soaked in hot boiling water until soft then drained
  21. Get Shredded cabbage
  22. Make ready Cooked rice
  23. Get 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. Take Fried shallots (optional)
  27. Take 6 hard boiled eggs

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.

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.

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, an Indonesian chicken noodle soup. This is an easy, healthy, homemade soup that can be made from scratch.

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