Sop Ayam, Indonesian Chicken Soup Recipe

Ingredients :

1. 1 Chicken, cut into serving pieces 2 liters Water
2. 1 tablespoon Margarine
3. 5 Shallots, finely sliced, fried
4. 1/4 Nutmeg, bruised
5. 2 Cloves
6. 1/2 teaspoon Pepper
7. 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
8. 200 g Potatoes, peeled, cut into 1.5 cm cubes
9. 150 g Carrots, sliced, shaped into flowers
10. 2 Spring onions, cut into small pieces
11. 1 spring Chinese parsley, knotted
12. 4 Cabbage leaves, cut 2 X 2 cm
13. 50 g Snow peas, cut both ends
14. 100 g Frozen or fresh peas
15. 1 tablespoon Flour, mixed with a little water
16. Salt
17. Fried shallots

Methods :

1. Simmer chicken in a covered pot until tender.
2. Remove the chicken and separate meat from the bones.
3. Cut the chicken meat into 1 cm cubes.
4. Heat margarine and sauté shallots, nutmeg, cloves, pepper and garlic.
5. Add to the boiling stock.
6. Add potatoes, carrots, spring onions and Chinese parsley.
7. Just before removing from heat, add cabbage, snow peas, peas and flour paste.
8. Simmer until cooked and season to taste.
9. Garnish with fried shallots and serve hot.

(Source: asianonlinerecipes.com)