Soto Ayam aka Yellow Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
2 skinless chicken legs

2 lemongrasses

5 lime leaves

2” galangal

Paste:

5 shallots

4 cloves garlic

2 sliced ginger

½ tsp turmeric powder

Vegetable oil

Garnish:

Bean sprout ~ blanched

Fried shallots

Spring Onion ~ chopped

Boiled egg

Lime ~ cut wedges

Directions:

1. Bring 2 liters of water to a boil then simmer 2 skinless chicken legs.
2. Sauté the paste till fragrant with lemongrass, lime leaves & galangal.
3. Pour the sauté paste into the boiling chicken.  Add salt & sugar to taste & cook the chicken till tender.
4. Once the chicken is tender, scoop the chicken & shred the meat.  Set the meat aside.
5. To assemble, put the chicken meat, bean sprout & pour the soup in a bowl & top with fried shallots & spring onion.