Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) is 4 - 6 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) using 27 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup):

1. 2 lbs chicken thigh (boneless)
2. 2 L (8 cups) water
3. 4 bay leaves
4. 5 kaffir lime leaves
5. 2 lemon grass (the white part only), bruised
6. 1 inch dried galangal
7. 2 celery stalks, chopped
8. 3 teaspoon salt
9. 1 teaspoon sugar
10. 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
11. Grind the following into spice paste :
12. 7 shallots
13. 5 garlic cloves
14. 2 teaspoon turmeric powder
15. 2 teaspoon ginger powder
16. 2 teaspoon ground coriander
17. 1 teaspoon ground cummin
18. 5 candlenut
19. Accompaniments and Garnishes :
20. Glass noodle, soaked in hot boiling water until soft then drained
21. Shredded cabbage
22. Cooked rice
23. Homemade potato chips (optional)
24. Scallion stalk/chives, finely chopped
25. Shrimp crackers, process in a food processor until they get powdery (optional)
26. Fried shallots (optional)
27. 6 hard boiled eggs

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.

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