Soto Ayam (Chicken Soup)

Name: Soto Ayam (Chicken Soup)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: Asian, Thai
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken (approx. 1.2 kg, cut into pieces); 2 litres water; 2 stalks lemongrass (bruised); 5 kaffir lime leaves; 4 bay leaves; 2 cm fresh galangal (sliced); 1 tsp salt; 6 shallots; 5 cloves garlic; 3 cm fresh turmeric (or 1 tsp ground turmeric); 2 cm fresh ginger; 4 candlenuts (or substitute with macadamia nuts); 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tbsp vegetable oil (for sautéing); 200 g vermicelli rice noodles (blanched); 4 hard-boiled eggs (halved); Bean sprouts (blanched); Fried shallots; Fresh coriander leaves; Lime wedges; Sambal (optional)

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:1h

Soto Ayam is a fragrant Indonesian chicken soup with turmeric and lemongrass served over rice noodles and topped with eggs coriander and crispy shallots creating a warming dish full of bold aromatic flavours

Updated at: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:45:27 GMT