Soto ayam (spiced chicken soup)

Name: Soto ayam (spiced chicken soup)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6 portions
Ingredients: 1 tsp Chicken stock paste; 100 g fresh long red chillies; 6 garlic cloves; 5 cm piece fresh ginger; 50 g tomato ketchup; 200 g dark soy sauce; 100 g water; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 500 g chicken breast fillets; 2 tsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; ½ tsp black peppercorns; 2 ½ cm piece fresh ginger; 3 garlic cloves; 100 g eschalots; 50 g vegetable oil; 1220 g water; 2 star anise; 8 whole cloves; 1 tbsp Chicken stock paste; 1 tsp sugar; 1500 g sticky rice cakes

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Prep. 15min

Total 1 h

6 portions

Ingredients

Chilli soy sauce

Chicken stock paste (see Tips)
1 tsp
fresh long red chillies trimmed, deseeded if preferred and cut into halves (see Tips)
100 g
garlic cloves
6
piece fresh ginger peeled
5 cm
tomato ketchup
50 g
dark soy sauce or kecap manis
200 g
water
100 g
brown sugar to taste
1 tbsp

Soup and chicken

chicken breast fillets cut into quarters
500 g
coriander seeds
2 tsp
fennel seeds
1 tsp
cumin seeds
1 tsp
black peppercorns
½ tsp
piece fresh ginger peeled
2 ½ cm
garlic cloves
3
eschalots
100 g
vegetable oil
50 g
water
1220 g
star anise
2
whole cloves
8
Chicken stock paste (see Tips)
1 tbsp
sugar
1 tsp
sticky rice cakes (Nasi impit), cut into cubes (2 cm) or 800 g vermicelli noodles, cooked (see Tips)
1500 g