Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

Name: Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)
Yield: 4 - 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lbs chicken thigh (boneless); 2 L (8 cups) water; 4 bay leaves; 5 kaffir lime leaves; 2 lemon grass (the white part only), bruised; 1 inch dried galangal; 2 celery stalks, chopped; 3 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper; Grind the following into spice paste :; 7 shallots; 5 garlic cloves; 2 teaspoon turmeric powder; 2 teaspoon ginger powder; 2 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cummin; 5 candlenut; Accompaniments and Garnishes :; Glass noodle, soaked in hot boiling water until soft then drained; Shredded cabbage; Cooked rice; Homemade potato chips (optional); Scallion stalk/chives, finely chopped; Shrimp crackers, process in a food processor until they get powdery (optional); Fried shallots (optional); 6 hard boiled eggs

Pawon Indo Bule @PawonIndoBule

Soto ayam is one of my family favorite food. In Indonesian language, soto means soup and ayam means chicken. I always make this in a lazy way, using a slow cooker 😊 (very untraditional way to cook Soto Ayam in Indonesia). Please do not get intimidated by the long list of ingredients. It may not look much from the photo, but it is very delicious and incredibly flavorful.

Pawon Indo Bule @PawonIndoBule

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Ingredients

4 - 6 servings

2 lbschicken thigh (boneless)
2 L (8 cups)water
4bay leaves
5kaffir lime leaves
2lemon grass (the white part only), bruised
1 inchdried galangal
2celery stalks, chopped
3 teaspoonsalt
1 teaspoonsugar
1/4 teaspoonground white pepper
Grind the following into spice paste :
7shallots
5garlic cloves
2 teaspoonturmeric powder
2 teaspoonginger powder
2 teaspoonground coriander
1 teaspoonground cummin
5candlenut
Accompaniments and Garnishes :
Glassnoodle, soaked in hot boiling water until soft then drained
Shredded cabbage
Cooked rice
Homemade potato chips (optional)
Scallion stalk/chives, finely chopped
Shrimp crackers, process in a food processor until they get powdery (optional)
Fried shallots (optional)
6hard boiled eggs

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Steps

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.