Indonesian Chicken Noodle Soup (Soto Ayam) | Marion's Kitchen

Name: Indonesian Chicken Noodle Soup (Soto Ayam) | Marion's Kitchen
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 cup coconut milk; 1 tbsp lime juice; 200g (7 oz) dried rice vermicelli; coriander (cilantro) leaves, to serve; sambal oelek*, to serve; lime wedges, to serve; sea salt; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 4 chicken thigh fillets; 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised; 2 shallots, quartered; 3 slices fresh ginger; 3 makrut lime leaves; 1 stalk lemongrass, pale part only, finely chopped; 6 small red Asian shallots (or 3 brown eschallots), roughly chopped; 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 4cm (1.5 inch) piece fresh turmeric, peeled and roughly chopped (alternatively, use 1 tsp turmeric powder); 3cm (just over 1 inch) piece ginger, peeled and roughly chopped; 3 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground cumin