Recipe: Delicious Instant Indonesian “Soto Ayam” (Yellow Chicken Soup)

Instant Indonesian “Soto Ayam” (Yellow Chicken Soup). Indonesian Chicken Soup Instant Mix Bamboe & Indofood Brand Soto Ayam Soto Ayam (Indonesian Yellow Chicken Soup) is another popular dish in Indonesia. It is like chicken soup but the broth is yellow because of turmeric. It is served with glass noodles , fried or boiled potatoes, chicken, fried onions , emping (padi oats crackers), slices of hard boiled egg, blanched bean sprouts, parsley, and sometimes diced tomato.

One of favorite is called 'Soto Ayam' from Surabaya, the capital city of East Java. It has yellow color broth and is composed of chicken meat, mung bean vermicelli, hard boiled eggs, and topped with koya (a powder of. Soto ayam is one of my family favorite food. You can have Instant Indonesian “Soto Ayam” (Yellow Chicken Soup) using 30 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Instant Indonesian “Soto Ayam” (Yellow Chicken Soup)

Prepare 2 of litters chicken broth (you can substitute with chicken powder and water).
Prepare 2 stalks of lemon grass the white part.
It's 3 of tiny slices galangal.
You need 4 of lemon kafir leaves.
You need 2-3 of bay leaves.
Prepare of For the spices:.
Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
It's 2 tsp of coriander powder.
It's 1 tsp of black pepper (any peppers white or black).
Prepare 1 tsp of ginger powder (you can used the fresh ginger).
It's 1 tsp of sugar.
Prepare 5-7 cloves of garlic.
Prepare 1/2 of onion chopped (you can used shallots).
Prepare of Oil.
It's to taste of Salt.
It's of For topping:.
It's of Cooked rice or cooked noodle (vermicelli noodle).
It's of Shredded cabbage.
You need of Tiny sliced green onion.
Prepare leaves of Chopped celery or Chinese celery.
It's of Fried shallots.
You need of Roasted plain peanut (optional).
Prepare of Lime wedges.
It's of Hard boiled eggs.
You need of Sweet soy sauce (optional).
You need of For chilli sauce:.
It's of Chilies.
You need 1 pinch of chicken powder.
You need of Salt.
You need of Lemon juice.

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. Soto ayam is one of my family favorite food.

Instant Indonesian “Soto Ayam” (Yellow Chicken Soup) step by step

Boil the broth a big pan along with the lemon grass, lemon kafir leaves, bay leaves, and galanga. When it’s boiling and turn down the heat to the simmer..
Meanwhile grind all the spices accept oil into pasta. I use a blender to blend all the spices..
Now heat up the oil in a pan add the spices pasta and stir well until aromat and cooked through. Then transfer into the broth, season with salt. Cover let it cook and simmer for about 20 minutes. Adjust the taste before turn off the heat. Usually I leave it in simmer until ready to serve..
While waiting for the broth, let’s make the chilli sauce. In a small pan add chilies and water. Bring it to boil for 5-10 minutes then take it off and drained it. Using a blender put the chilies in it add 2-3 tbsp broth, salt, pinch of chicken powder, and blend it. Scraped the chilli pasta out from the blender and transfer to the bowl. Add lemon juice and stir well, don’t forget to adjust the taste,and set asides..
To assembly: Using a bowl (medium-big soup bowl) add a bit of rice and noodle or you can choose either one, than tops with shredded cabbage, shredded chicken, and ladle the hot broth into the bowl. Then sprinkle sliced green onion, chopped or sliced celery, fried shallots, roasted peanut, half hard boiled eggs, spoon of chilli sauce, and squeezed lemon juice..
And it’s done! Now you have a delicious satisfying meal that you can enjoy in any time and any season. Enjoy!.
HappyCooking!.