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Soto Ayam Recipe

Preparation Time: 20Min. Cooking Time: 1Hr. Servings: 2

Ingredients-

The chicken and soup base

4 chicken thighs skin removed
4 cups chicken stock no sodium (homemade is nice here)
0.5 stalk lemongrass cut into 3 pieces
1.5 kaffir lime leaves
0.5 tsp salt
vegetable oil to shallow fry

The spice paste

0.5 cup shallots chopped the size of garlic cloves
2.5 cloves garlic chopped
0.5 inch fresh ginger chopped
0.5 tbsp macadamia nuts – these are a replacement for the more traditional but harder to find candlenuts
0.25 tsp turmeric powder
0.75 tsp coriander powder
0.25 tsp pepper
0.25 cup coconut milk
1.5 tbsp. vegetable oil

The soto ayam

the stock from cooking the chicken
6 oz. rice vermicelli
2 large eggs
chopped cilantro to garnish
fried shallots to garnish
sambal oelek to serve
lime wedges to serve

Instructions-

Prepare the chicken

Skin the chicken.
Combine the stock, kaffir lime leaf, lemongrass and salt in a pot large enough to hold all the ingredients. Bring to a simmer.
Add the chicken and simmer until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 170F. This should take 15-20 minutes. Don’t boil. Simmer. Little bubbles.
Remove the chicken from the broth. Set aside. Also turn off the heat under the broth for now.

Make the spice paste & Add Chicken

Heat a bit of oil in a small skillet. Add the garlic, shallot and ginger and fry until the shallots soften and start to color up.
Transfer the garlic, shallot and ginger to a blender. Add the remaining ingredients and puree. This is your spice paste.
Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a pot over medium heat. When the oil starts to shimmer add the paste and cook, stirring constantly for about 5 minutes. Turn the heat down to medium low and cook for another two minutes or so. The oil should start to separate at the edges.
Stir the cooked paste into the broth and stir.
Add oil to the frying pan and than after properly mixing it all add chicken.
Fry on one side for about 2-3 minutes. Flip the chicken and cook another 2-3 minutes. You want the chicken to brown but you don’t want to cook it to death…Remove the chicken and repeat with the other 4 thighs. Set aside to cool enough to handle.
When it’s cool enough pull the chicken off the bone and shred it.

Medium boil the eggs.

Assemble the soto ayam

Bring the broth to a lively simmer. Taste it. Be careful. It’s hot. It will need more salt. It will be somewhere around another 1/2 to full teaspoon. Maybe more. Season to your taste.
To soften the rice vermicelli just fully submerge it in the hottest water you can get out of your tap. Let it sit five minutes and drain. Rinse with cold water. People that tell you to cook rice vermicelli like to eat rice noodle mush.
Have your garnishes ready. Slice your eggs in half. Use a sharp knife and be careful. Those yolks are still soft.
To serve place 1/4 of the rice noodles in each of 4 bowls. Divide the chicken and place it on the vermicelli. Top with fried shallots and cilantro. Pour 2 cups of broth into each bowl. Add one egg and a slice of lime per bowl. Serve. Add sambal oelek to taste. Enjoy.

Nutritional Information: 885kcal.

Notes on the Recipe

-Serve with chicken soup and basmati rice.

-Cook the chicken with pepper, salt, and a piece of ginger, which adds flavor to both the chicken and the stock.

Soto Ayam is a traditional Indonesian dish that consists of chicken and noodles in a spicy peanut sauce. The “soto ayam paste” is made by blending roasted peanuts, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sugar, and salt.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Mee Soto and Soto Ayam?

A: It is a type of Filipino chicken soup that uses sotanghon, bagoong and calamansi.

What is Soto paste?

A: Soto is a type of hot sauce made in the Philippines.

What is soto in Indonesian food?

A: Soto is a soup, usually made with beef or chicken broth, soy sauce, ginger and garlic. It can be served hot or cold depending on the preference of the person who ordered it.

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