Soto Ayam Kediri Recipe (Chicken Soup Kediri Style)
 
 
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Serves: 8
Ingredients:
  • 800 grams of chicken breast or thigh boneless and skinless (or can also use 1 whole chicken medium size)
  • 5 lime leaves
  • 4 lemongrass, use the white part only, and crushed
  • 3 cm galangal, crushed
  • Salt to taste
  • 1½ liters of water
  • Cooking oil
  • 500 ml coconut milk from one coconut (can be replaced with 200 ml cans of thick coconut milk mixed with 300 ml of water)
Paste Ingredients for Soto Ayam Kediri Recipe (Chicken Soup Kediri Style):
  • 6 shallots
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 5 grains of hazelnut (can be replaced with macadamia nuts)
  • 1-2 cm fresh turmeric (can be replaced with ½ tsp turmeric powder)
  • 1 cm kencur (Kaempferia galanga)
  • 1 tsp shrimp paste
  • 1 tsp sugar
For serving:
  • 100 gr glass noodles noodles, soaked with hot water until well cooked, drain. Set aside.
  • 100 gr bean sprouts (can use large or small ones)
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs, cut in half
  • 1 lime, cut into pieces to make it easier to squeeze the juice
  • 5 Asian celery stalks, sliced (1 big celery stalk)
  • Fried garlic to taste
  • Fried shallot to taste
  • Steamed rice
  • Chilli sambal
Cooking Instructions:
  1. Boil 1 and ½ litres of water in a pot, cook chicken that has been washed together with lime leaves, lemon grass, ginger and salt. Put the lid on.
  2. Meanwhile heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan, saute grounded spices / paste until cooked and fragrant.
  3. Add the sautéed spices into the chicken, reduce the heat, continue cooking until the chicken is cooked.
  4. Remove the chicken with tongs as we will need the water for the soup broth. Set aside.
  5. Add the coconut milk into the left over water (from cooking the chicken). Bring to boil, but make sure the coconut milk stays smooth (not lumpy) by not over heating.
  6. Heat enough oil in a frying pan / pot, fry the boiled chicken until golden brown. Set aside.
  7. Let the chicken cool down a bit before cutting into thin slices (can also be shredded by hand).
  8. To eat, prepare a bowl, put a little bit of rice, glass noodles, bean sprouts and sliced chicken. Then pour the soup broth as much as you like. And at last, sprinkle chopped celery, fried garlic, fried shallots, sliced egg, squeezed lime and chilly sambal on top.
  9. Enjoy!
Recipe by Arie's Kitchen at https://arieskitchen.net/soto-ayam-kediri-recipe-chicken-soup-kediri-style/