Recipe: Yummy Soto Ayam (Indonesian Yellow Chicken Soup)

Soto Ayam (Indonesian 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.

This version of the classic Indonesian chicken soup comes from the Hyatt Regency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In the magazine, they talk about having a no RSVP soup party which is low pressure & high commitment. You provide the soup & your guests provide the bread or drinks or nothing at all - no stress. You can cook Soto Ayam (Indonesian Yellow Chicken Soup) using 23 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Soto Ayam (Indonesian Yellow Chicken Soup)

1. You need 500 ml of vegetable oil to fry the chicken.
2. You need 1 of whole chicken, divided into 4.
3. You need 2 of lt water.
4. You need 8 of kaffir lime leaves.
5. Prepare 4 stalks of lemongrass, take the white part only (which is on the bottom), pounded.
6. Prepare 4 of green onions, chopped.
7. Prepare 1,5 tsp of salt or to taste.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of white pepper powder or to taste.
9. It's 1/2 tsp of chicken bouillon.
10. Prepare 1 Tbsp of vegetable oil.
11. You need of Ground spices: (blend in a food processor).
12. It's 7 cloves of garlic.
13. You need 8 cloves of shallots.
14. You need 3 pcs of candle nuts.
15. You need 1 tsp of nutmegs powder.
16. Prepare 3 cm of turmeric.
17. You need 2 cm of ginger.
18. It's of Chili sauce: Boil 5 bird eye chili peppers + 2 red chili peppers + 5 cloves garlic until soft. Remove from the heat. Grind all the ingredients using a mortar and pestle. Add 1/4 tsp salt.
19. Prepare of Koya topping: Grind 5 cloves fried garlic + 8 fried prawn crackers using a mortal and pestle.
20. It's of For the complement:.
21. It's 4 of hard boiled eggs, peeled, cut.
22. It's 50 gr of mung bean vermicelli, soaked in boiled water for 3 minutes, removed from the heat, drained.
23. You need of some lime wedges.

Soto ayam is one of my family favorite food. It's really tasty and hearty warmth to the soul. I hope you will give it a try 😘. Feel free to add boneless chicken for more meat later on.

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Yellow Chicken Soup) step by step

1. Heat 1 Tbsp vegetable oil in the wok over medium-heat. Sauté the ground spices, kaffir lime leaves, and lemongrass until fragrant. Remove from the heat..
2. Boil chicken and ground spices in a big pot until the chicken is cooked.Take out the chicken from the pot. Set the chicken aside..
3. Add chopped green onions into the soup..
4. In a pan, fry the chicken for a while in vegetable oil. Remove from the heat. Cut the chicken into small pieces..
5. Place some white rice, some mung bean vermicelli, chicken meat, and some hard boiled eggs in a bowl. Pour the hot chicken broth into the bowl. Add some lime juice into the soup and koya topping on top. Yum! 😋.

Then add the lime juice and season with salt to taste. Drain and divide among serving bowls. Top with sambal oelek, coriander leaves and a. Soto Ayam is a chicken noodle soup popular in Malaysia and Indonesia. There are many adaptations and recipes of Soto Ayam in the region but I love this recipe the best.