Soto ayam
Soto ayam, from above
Non vegJava

Soto ayam

Golden turmeric chicken soup with glass noodles and lime. Indonesia's chicken soup for every soul.

75 minTime
42 gProtein each
mediumSpice
A soup for every region1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayTurmeric chicken broth with all the toppings.
The original
490kcalsame
42 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
75minutessame

Soto ayam.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)bone in pieces
Water8 cups
Shallots5
Garlic6 cloves
Ginger2.5 cm
Galangal2.5 cm, bruised
Turmeric (ground turmeric)1½ tsp
Cashews4 candlenuts, or cashews
Coriander seeds1 tsp
White pepper½ tsp
Lemongrass2 stalks, bruised
Kaffir lime leaves (makrut lime leaves)4
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp
Sweet potato glass noodles (glass noodles, cellophane noodles)2 small bundles
Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)bean sprouts
Cabbageshredded
Egg4, hard boiled
Lemonlime wedges
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)sliced
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Grind shallots, garlic, ginger, turmeric, candlenuts, coriander and white pepper into a paste.
  2. 2Fry the paste in oil with lemongrass, galangal and lime leaves until fragrant.
  3. 3Add chicken and water and simmer gently until the chicken is cooked through and tender, about 40 minutes. Season with salt.
  4. 4Lift out the chicken, shred it, discard bones.
  5. 5Soak glass noodles. Fill bowls with noodles, cabbage, sprouts, chicken and half an egg; ladle over hot broth. Serve with lime and spring onion.
Serve it like this

Serve in bowls with half an egg and chicken on top, fried shallots, lime wedges and sambal on the side, with rice or rice cakes.

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What goes with Soto ayam: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Nasi kuning40 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Perkedel kentang45 min
On the side Sambal terasi25 min
To drink Masala chai10 min
Something sweet Klepon40 min
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