Soto Ayam with Lontong - Malay Style

Ingredients:

Making Chicken Stock

• 1 Med Chicken, quartered
• 2 inch Cinnamon stick ,
• 5 ea. Cloves
• 5 ea. Cardamoms
• 1 ea. Star Anise
• 2 ea. Bay Leaves
• 1 Inch Ginger
• 2 Small Chili, pounded
• 3 tsp Chicken Curry pwd
• 2 Tomatoes, diced
• 1 Carrot , sliced
• 1 Onion , cubed
• 1.5 lt Water

Cooking Method:

1. Wash and clean chicken, gather all ingredient. 
2. In a medium stock pot pour the water in, put chicken along with all ingredients and bring to boil. 
3. Simmer over medium heat for about 15 minutes, let chicken cooked and tender. 
4. Remove chicken from the stock, shredded into pieces. Strain the stock.

To Serve :
In A bowl, put ingredients below:
100 gm Lontong, cut into bites
30 gm Beansprouts, blanched
Topped with Shredded Chicken, Ladle stock into bowl.
Garnish with fried shallots , celery leaves , coriander leaves , spring onions.
Also can be serve with sambal or chili blend and lime wedges.

Lontong [rice cake]is a traditional Malay Food is cooked in a tightly wrapped in banana leaves and boiled in boiling water for about 1.5 hours.