Soto Ayam (Chicken Clear Soup)

Soto Ayam (Chicken Clear Soup)

Ingredients : 

600 grams chickens
4 cups water
4 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
2 candlenuts
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon sugar
1 stalk lemongrass
2 kaffir leaves
1 stalk spring onion, chopped
1 cube of chicken stock
2 boiled egg


Instructions :

1.    Clean chicken and drain
2.    Boiled eggs, peeled and set aside
3.    Blend shallot, garlic, candlenut together until smooth
4.    Saute all seasoning mixtures until fragrant, add lemongrass and kaffir leaves
5.    On a deep pot, pour 4 cups of water and add chicken stock
6.    Add chicken, saute seasoning until water covering the chicken
7.    Seasoning with sugar, salt and black pepper and simmer for about 50 minutes
8.    Remove the chicken
9.    On frying pan, deep fry the chicken only for 5 minutes on each side (to make more tasteful)
10.   Return chicken back to the pot, simmer for a while
11.   Pour it into a bowl and garnish with chopped spring onion, tomato slice and boiled egg.
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