Indonesian Chicken Soup (Soto Ayam)

Source : Prepare Pot Put 1 Litre Water Boil It Add Chicken And Bay Leavessmash Garlic Candlenuts Coriander Seeds Ginger Galangal Nutmeg And Onion Until I...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : April 8, 2026

Step:

  1. Prepare Pot, put 1 litre water. Boil it. Add chicken and bay leaves

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  2. Smash garlic, candlenuts, coriander seeds, ginger, galangal, nutmeg and onion until it become paste (you can use food processor)

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  3. Fry the paste add turmeric powder, lemongrass powder, cumin powder, salt & white pepper

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  4. Add the fried seasonings above into pot

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  5. After the chicken cooked well take chicken, let it cool and shred it.

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  6. Meanwhile prepare for servings, soak bean sprouts and white cabbage in hot water until it soft and rinse it

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  7. The servings, shredded white cabbage, tomatoes, bean sprouts, shredded chicken, chopped green onions, boiled eggs, fried onion, fritter potato (Perkedel/ frikadel)

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  8. Meanwhile prepare your bowl, fill with vermicelli / rice / rice cake shredded cabagge, bean sprouts, sambal, green onion, boiled egg halved, add the broth. Add fried onion & perkedel

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  9. With rice cake (Lontong)

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Ingredients

  1. For Broth
  2. Chicken (i use around 300gr)
  3. 1 litre Water for boil
  4. 3 Bay Leaves
  5. 2 tbsp Lemon grass powder (fresh will be better)
  6. 1 tsp dried Galangal (fresh will better)
  7. 1 tbsp ginger powder + 1 dried ginger (fresh will be better)
  8. 1 tsp coriander seeds
  9. 2 tbsp turmeric powder
  10. 5 cloves garlic
  11. 2 shallots (i used red onion)
  12. 1 tsp white pepper
  13. 1 tsp cumin powder
  14. 2 candlenuts
  15. 1/4 nutmeg since i dont wan't strong taste of it
  16. Salt
  17. For Servings
  18. Boiled eggs
  19. White cabbage - shredded
  20. Green onion - chopped
  21. Bean sprouts
  22. Perkedel
  23. Fried onion (see in my other recipe)
  24. Vermicelli noodles (i don't have, i use rice)
  25. Kaffir limes (i use lemon)
  26. Sambal (chili sauce/ paste)
  27. Sweet soya sauce

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