Sunday, March 1, 2009

Soto Kudus

SOTO KUDUS - INDONESIAN FOOD

Soto kudus is a refreshing, light chicken soup from Central Java, Indonesia. It is usually served hot in a small bowl, with rice, slices of key lime, shrimp cracker, emping, and clam satay.

Ingredients
1 whole chicken, preferably “kampung chicken”
2000ml water
1 tablespoons salt

200g bean sprouts
3 tablespoons cooking oil
3 tablespoons sweet soy sauce

3 pieces celery, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons thinly chopped, fried garlic

Spices
5 cloves red onion
5 cloves garlic
½ tablespoon white pepper
1 tablespoon salt

Sweet Soy Sauce Chili / Sambal Kecap
10 chili pepper
2 cloves garlic
200ml sweet soy sauce
2-3 tablespoons hot water
½ tablespoon cooking oil

Procedure
Bean Sprouts
1. Clean the bean sprouts and cook inside hot water for 2 minutes. Remove to a plate.

Shredded Chicken & Chicken Broth
1. Cook the chicken inside hot water for 15 minutes with 1 tablespoon salt.
2. Blend the spices until smooth.
3. Heat the wok and add cooking oil. Stir fry the spices until cooked.
4. Put the spice and sweet soy soice into chicken broth. Cook with small fire for 30 minutes.
5. Remove the chicken from the broth. Cut or shred the meat into small pieces and place it on a plate.

Sweet Soy Sauce Chili
1. Stir fry both chili peppers and garlic until cooked.
2. Ground chili peppers and garlic. Remove to a bowl.
3. Add sweet soy sauce and hot water. Stir until mixed.

Soto Kudus, putting them together
1. Put bean sprouts and shredded chicken meat into a bowl.
2. Add the selery and fried garlic.
3. Put the hot chicken broth and serve while hot with sweet soy sauce chili.

Cooking time : 90 minutes
Servings : 6

SOTO KUDUS - INDONESIAN FOOD

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