Easiest Way to Make Perfect Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup).

You can cook Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) using 27 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

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

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) instructions

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..