How to Cook Delicious Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup).

You can cook Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup) using 27 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

It's 2 lbs of chicken thigh (boneless).
It's 2 L (8 cups) of water.
Prepare 4 of bay leaves.
It's 5 of kaffir lime leaves.
You need 2 of lemon grass (the white part only), bruised.
It's 1 inch of dried galangal.
Prepare 2 of celery stalks, chopped.
You need 3 teaspoon of salt.
It's 1 teaspoon of sugar.
It's 1/4 teaspoon of ground white pepper.
Prepare of Grind the following into spice paste :.
You need 7 of shallots.
It's 5 of garlic cloves.
Prepare 2 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
It's 2 teaspoon of ginger powder.
You need 2 teaspoon of ground coriander.
It's 1 teaspoon of ground cummin.
It's 5 of candlenut.
You need of Accompaniments and Garnishes :.
Prepare Glass of noodle, soaked in hot boiling water until soft then drained.
Prepare of Shredded cabbage.
You need of Cooked rice.
Prepare of Homemade potato chips (optional).
It's of Scallion stalk/chives, finely chopped.
Prepare of Shrimp crackers, process in a food processor until they get powdery (optional).
It's of Fried shallots (optional).
It's 6 of hard boiled eggs.

In a frying pan, heat 3 tablespoon of oil and stir fry the spice paste, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass and galangal until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes. Keep stirring to avoid burning..
Turn the heat off. Transfer everything from the frying pan to a slow cooker. Add chicken, water, chopped celery, salt, sugar and white pepper. Set on low. Cook for 6 hours. Taste and adjust salt/pepper as needed..
Take the chicken out and let them cool. Shred the meat..
How to serve : Prepare bowls, add into each bowl some glass noodle, some shredded cabbage, some shredded chicken, 1 hard boil egg, garnish with some chopped scallion, fried shallots, potato chips and ground shrimp crackers. Pour in the soup. To make a more filling meal, it is common in Indonesia to serve Soto Ayam with a bowl of warm white rice. Sometimes I also add some fresh sliced tomatoes..
I made sweet potato chips instead of potato chips. I sliced the sweet potatoes thinly using a 1 mm slicing blade in a food processor then soaked them in salt water for an hour then deep fried them. Do the same thing if you use potatoes..