Cookbook:Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Noodle Soup)

| Cuisine of Indonesia

There are many variations of soto ayam depending on the ingredients, the way it served, and the amount of spices used.

Spice paste

 * 5 g turmeric
 * ½ tsp pepper
 * 2 candlenuts
 * 15 g ginger
 * 3 shallot
 * 2 cloves garlic
 * 2 tsp salt

Soup

 * 1 whole chicken with bones or 1 kg chicken parts with bones
 * 200 g cabbage, thinly sliced
 * 200 g bean sprouts, blanched
 * 4 potatoes, steamed, peeled, deep fried until golden brown
 * 2 fresh tomatoes
 * 25 g sohun vermicelli, soaked in hot water for 10 minutes
 * 25 g fried shallots
 * 3 hard boiled eggs
 * 1.8 liters chicken stock


 * 3 kaffir lime leaves
 * ½ stalk lemongrass
 * 2 bay leaves
 * 1 stalk green onion
 * 25 g galangal
 * 2 tbsp cooking oil

Procedure

 * 1) Grind the ingredients for the spice paste together in a food processor. Stir fry the spice paste over slow fire until fragrant. Remove from the heat.
 * 2) Make soup by cooking the whole chicken with spice paste, galangal, lime leaves, lemon grass, and bay leaves in a pot for at least 30 minutes until the meat is tender. Use a pressure cooker for faster cooking time and better broth. For a traditional method, bring soup to boil, cover, and turn off heat, then let steep for 30–40 minutes—this makes the meat more tender.
 * 3) Add a little bit of salt or pepper to taste.
 * 4) Leave the chicken in a pot until the soup is cool.
 * 5) Remove the meat from the bones, and slice the meat into tiny bit size using fork and knife, then set aside.
 * 6) Put back the bones into the soup, add sliced green onion, and bring the soup to the boil right before serving.

Serving

 * 1) In a bowl, arrange in the following layers: sliced potatoes, sliced tomatoes, vermicelli, cabbage, bean sprouts, sliced egg, and the meat on top.
 * 2) Pour the boiling soup over the ingredients, but don't let any bones or chicken skin go into the bowl.
 * 3) Put fried shallots on top, and squeeze a slice of lemon over top.
 * 4) Serve with hot steamed rice or slices of lontong (steamed rice roll).

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Many versions of soto ayam don't have tomato.
 * Some prefer not to mix cabbage with bean sprouts.
 * As fried potato substitute, some like to put potato chips into the soup.

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