Soto Ayam (Chicken Soup) - Southeast Asian Recipe

Soto Ayam (Chicken Soup)

🌍 Southeast Asian, Java Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 1.5L water. **Spice paste:** 8 shallots
• 4 garlic cloves
• 3cm ginger
• 3cm turmeric
• 2cm galangal
• 3 candlenuts. **Aromatics:** 3 lemongrass stalks
• 4 kaffir lime leaves. **Serve:** rice vermicelli
• bean sprouts
• fried shallots
• boiled egg
• celery leaf
• lime
• sambal

Method

1. Boiling — Boil chicken in water until cooked; remove, shred meat.
2. Frying — Fry spice paste in oil 5 min; add lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves.
3. Adding — Add spice paste to chicken broth; simmer 20 min.
4. Seasoning — Season with salt, sugar.
5. Step 5 — Bowl: vermicelli, sprouts, chicken, egg; ladle broth over; garnish.

Tags: chicken, water. **spice paste:** 8 shallots, garlic cloves, cm ginger, cm turmeric · Source: Brittani's Almanac