Thursday, March 27, 2008

Malay Chicken Soup


Ingredients

1-2 pieces of chicken, bone-in
1 medium size potato, cut into 6-8
1 carrot, sliced abt 1/2cm wide
3-4 tablespoon vegetable oil
1.5-2 cups water
1.5 teaspoon salt
A pinch of sugar (optional)
half teaspoon pepper

2 shallots
1 garlic
1in ginger


1. Pound shallots, ginger and garlic together or you can also thinly sliced them.

2. In a medium size pot, heat the oil and add no.1, stir until fragrant.

3. Add in the water. When the water is boiling, add in the chicken, potato and carrot.

4. Continue boiling, flip the chicken once or twice.

5. Add salt, sugar and pepper. Stir.

6. Cover and let it simmer for about 10-15min.

7. When ready to serve, garnish with chopped chinese celery and fried shallot/onion.

You can eat this with rice, on its own or with bread/rolls.

8 comments:

Tastes of Home said...

eh I love soup lah looks good!

pearly said...

wow is this also cal sotong ayam
mmmm lovely will try to cook this
how are you ?

Salt N Turmeric said...

Thanks. This is my fav when im feeling under the weather.

Pearly, no sotong in this one. lol. did u mean soto ayam? u can find my recipe for soto ayam in my previous post. I use santan for them. btw, im doin good? how r u doin?

pearly said...

Me I am at home having my sick leave kekek under the weather at this moment .
but is ok I just chill and relax
back to work may be next week or not
I will look out the soto ayam recipe
have a lovely weekend xxxxx

Retno Prihadana said...

Thanks for stopping by. You have many delicious recipes. I can´t see the picture of ur soup.

Salt N Turmeric said...

Thank u Retno. Not sure why you cant see the pic tho. Maybe some prob with your browser?

Jun said...

wooiiit minah..kat sini rupanyer u masak..ekekke. farina, br semalam ingat nk wat sup ayam..tgk gamba tu, sedap plak...nak kna buat ari ni..hehehhe. happy cooking dear!

Salt N Turmeric said...

Jun, yelah. kat sinilah i memasak sekarang. soup ayam ni esp bila rasa nak demam or malas masak, memang sedap giler kan?