Soto ayam

Soto ayam

Soto ayam
Course	Main dish
Place of origin	Indonesia
Region or state	Java
Associated cuisine	Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Suriname (known as saoto ayam)
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Chicken in spicy light turmeric soup
Cookbook: Soto ayam   Media: Soto ayam

Soto ayam is a traditional Indonesian dish which uses ingredients such as chicken, lontong, noodles, and rice vermicelli. Soto ayam is popular in Singapore,Malaysia and Suriname. Turmeric is added as one of its main ingredients which makes the yellow chicken broth. It is one of the most popular variant of soto, a traditional soup commonly found in Indonesian cuisine. Besides chicken and vermicelli, it can also be served with hard-boiled eggs, slices of fried potatoes and Chinese celery leaves. Fried shallots are usually added as garnish. Coconut milk (santan) is also used as an additional ingredient.Koya, a powder of mixed prawn crackers with fried garlic, or sambal is a common topping. Krupuk or emping is also a common topping. Lalapan is usually served as a side dish.

Variations

Different regions have their own variation of this dish, for instance:

• Soto Ambengan, originated from Ambengan, Surabaya. Soto Ambengan is famous for its koya topping.
• Soto Banjar
• Soto Kudus
• Soto Medan
• Soto Lamongan
• Soto Lenthok
• Soto Semarang

See also

• Soto (food)
• List of chicken dishes
• List of Indonesian soups
• List of soups
• Lontong
• Ketupat
• Noodle soup

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Soto ayam.

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• Soto ayam

• Indonesian chicken noodle soup (soto ayam) recipe from SBS Australia