Soto ayam is a yellow spicy chicken soup with lontong or nasi empit or ketupat (all compressed rice that is then cut into small cakes) and/or vermicelli or noodles, commonly found in Indonesia. Turmeric is added as one of its ingredients to get yellow chicken broth. It is probably the most popular variant of soto, a traditional soup commonly found in Indonesian cuisine. Besides chicken and vermicelli, it is also served with hard-boiled eggs, slices of fried potatoes, Chinese celery leaves, and fried shallots. Occasionally, people will add “koya”, a powder of mixed prawn crackers with fried garlic or bitter Sambal (orange colored). Krupuk are a very common topping
Ingredients:
• 1 whole chickens (clean)
• 200 g cauliflower
• 200 grams of bean sprouts (boiled briefly)
• 4 pieces of potato (boiled or steamed, peeled and fried)
• 2 plum tomatoes
• 50 grams glass noodles (soaked in hot water)
• 3 hard boiled eggs
• 2 liters of water
• Fried onions
Seasoning:
• 3 pieces of Orange leaves
• 2 stalks Lemongrass
• 2 pieces of bay leaf
• 1 stalk spring onion
• 25 g galangal
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
The seasoning paste:
• 5 g turmeric
• 4 pieces of pecan
• 15 g ginger
• 3 pieces of onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• ½ TSP pepper
• 2 tbsp salt
How to make:
• Stir-fry seasoning which is mashed with low heat until fragrant
• Boiled chicken in the pot along with the sauteed spice, galangal, lime leaves, bay leaf, and leaf Lemongrass for at least 30 minutes until the chicken becomes tender. The cooking time can be shortened by using a saucepan presto.
• If gravy is still less tasty adjudication of salt or pepper to taste
• Separate the meat from the bone with a fork and knife
• Re-insert the bones into the gravy in the Pan
• Insert slices scallion
• Gravy needs to be dididihkan back before serving
How to serve:
• In a bowl put the vermicelli, bean sprouts, cabbage, sliced potatoes, tomatoes, and egg and chicken meat
• Flush the boiling gravy soup into Bowl
• Add fried onion and lemon slices on top of it if likes
• Serve with vinegar sauce, sweet soy sauce, crackers and chips.
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