2020-08-13 / test@t

Soto ayam

This noodle soup is one of the hallmarks of Indonesian cuisine: the word soto means soup, and ayam means chicken, collectively “chicken soup”. But not everything is so simple: many countries have influenced the cuisine of Indonesia, which lies at the crossroads of trade routes. Likewise, this soup is a real intertwining of gastronomic traditions: it has Chinese noodles, characteristic of Indian dishes, turmeric, and yellow nut butter with spices, akin to colorful Thai curries. A chef from Indonesia Octavian Royce, a participant of the gastronomic forum "Gastronomic Roads of the Great Silk Road" (Astrakhan, July 2017), shared with us the recipe for soto ayam.

Soto ayam
Ingredients
  • 900 g chicken fillet
  • 2 l of water
  • 3 pcs. (3 sticks) Lemon Grass Herbs
  • 1.5 tsp salts
  • 0.5 tsp ground white pepper
  • 1 tbsp. sugar
  • 8 lime leaves
  • 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
  • 5 kukui nuts (for lack of pecans)
  • a large pinch of turmeric
  • 4 shallots
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 2 cm ginger root
  • 50 g funchose noodles, pre-soaked in warm water
  • 2 sticks of celery
  • 3 hard-boiled eggs
  • 1 small bunch of green onions
  • 100 g cabbage
  • 1 lime

STEP-BY-STEP COOKING RECIPE

Step 1
Prepare the dressing: fry the ginger, turmeric, shallots, garlic, nuts in hot oil. Add all ingredients to a blender, chop until a paste.
Step 2
Boil the chicken until tender with lime and ginger.
Step 3
Heat oil in a skillet. Stir in the ginger-nut mixture and lightly fry for flavor. Then add the mixture to the chicken pot along with the white pepper and sugar.
Step 4
Remove the chicken from the pan and sauté in hot oil. Finely chop the fried chicken.
Step 5
Chop celery, green onions, shallots, cabbage finely. Fry the shallots in a pan. Cut the lime into wedges.
Step 6
Put noodles, chicken, celery, cabbage, green onions, half an egg into a plate. Add hot broth. Sprinkle the dish with fried onions on top. Garnish with a wedge of lime.
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