Indonesian Chicken Soup (Soto Ayam)

Hi Steemians...

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Weekend is quality time to spend with family. Many activities that can be done, recreation, sports, gardening, lunch and dinner outside or cooking special dishes that can be enjoyed by all family members with low budget. Quality time does not have to be expensive

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Last Sunday, I cooked chicken soup, it’s my kids favorite menu. To cook this chicken soup, it takes some ingredients such as :

1. ½ kg chicken
2. 8 pieces shallot
3. 6 pieces garlic
4. 5 grains candlenut, it can be replace by macadamia nut
5. 2 cm turmeric
6. 1 cm ginger
7. 1 teaspoon coriander
8. 4 Bay Leaves
9. 4 lime leaves
10. 2 stalks lemon grass
11. 100 grams beansprout
12. 2 liters Water
13. 1 glass coconut milk (if you like it)
14. 1 Tomato, chopped
15. Salt

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How to make it

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Put the chicken, lemon grass and bay leaves into the pot, add water and boil until the chicken is half cooked to make the broth. You may enter chicken bone also, do not forget to add salt

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Meanwhile, blender the shallots, garlics, turmeric, ginger, coriander and candlenut until it becomes to paste form

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Heat the oil in a pan, stir-fry the spices that have been smoothed together with lime leaves until dry and fragrant.

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Add them all into the chicken broth. Let it cook and simmer a little bit. Add water, if you think the soup is to thicken

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Remove the chickens from the soup, fry and shredded

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Add the bean sprouts and tomatoes into the soup and add the coconut milk, cook a moment until reboiled. Put the chicken back into the soup.

Chicken soup ready to serve with soy sauce, cayenne pepper and lime

Thank you.. Hope you enjoy it

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