Soto Ayam (Chicken Soup)
- 1 each chicken
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 each garlic cloves
- 1 each onions chopped
- 2 tablespoons ginger chopped
- 1 each lemongrass
- 1/4 cup lemongrass
- 1 each galangal root
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons coriander ground
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 28 ounces chicken broth
- 4 cups water
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Remove chicken giblets, set aside.
- Pull off and discard lumps of fat from chicken.
- Cut off wings and leg-and-thigh pieces.
- Separate back from breast.
- Pour oil into 6 quart kettle and place over medium heat.
- Add garlic, onion, and ginger and cook, stirring until onion is soft.
- Add lemon grass, galangal, tumeric, salt, coriander, sugar, pepper, broth, and water.
- Stir then add chicken and giblets (except liver).
- Bring to a boil over high heat.
- Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until breast is no longer pink when slashed (15-20 minutes).
- Remove breast and let cool.
- Simmer remaining chicken until meat near thighbone is no longer pink when slashed (15 minutes more).
- Lift out legs and thighs, let cool.
- Continue to simmer broth.
- Discard skin from breast, legs and thighs.
- Cut meat into bite-sized pieces.
- Cover and set aside.
- Return bones to broth, continue simmering until broth is richly flavored (about 1 more hour).
- Strain, discard wings, back, bones, giblets, and seasonings.
- Prepare condiments and crisp-fried onions.
- Place condiments, onions and chicken in seperate bowls.
- Skim and discard fat from broth.
- Heat broth until steaming and stir in lemon juice.
- Ladle broth into serving bowls.
- Let diners add chicken, condiments and crisp-fried onions.
chicken, vegetable oil, garlic, onions, ginger chopped, lemongrass, lemongrass, galangal root, turmeric, salt, coriander ground, sugar, black pepper, chicken broth, water, lemon juice
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/soto-ayam-chicken-soup-45289 (may not work)