Recipe: Tasty Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup).

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

It's of chicken thigh (boneless).
You need of water.
It's of bay leaves.
It's of kaffir lime leaves.
You need of lemon grass (the white part only), bruised.
Prepare of dried galangal.
You need of celery stalks, chopped.
It's of salt.
You need of sugar.
It's of ground white pepper.
Prepare of Grind the following into spice paste :.
You need of shallots.
It's of garlic cloves.
You need of turmeric powder.
It's of ginger powder.
You need of ground coriander.
It's of ground cummin.
You need of candlenut.
It's of Accompaniments and Garnishes :.
It's of noodle, soaked in hot boiling water until soft then drained.
Prepare of Shredded cabbage.
It's of Cooked rice.
Prepare of Homemade potato chips (optional).
You need of Scallion stalk/chives, finely chopped.
It's of Shrimp crackers, process in a food processor until they get powdery (optional).
Prepare of Fried shallots (optional).
Prepare of hard boiled eggs.

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..
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..
Take the chicken out and let them cool. Shred the meat..
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..
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..