Malaysian
Soto Ayam (Malaysian Turmeric Chicken Soup with Rice Vermicelli)
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Soto Ayam (Malaysian Turmeric Chicken Soup with Rice Vermicelli) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Blend the shallots and garlic into a paste, and bruise the lemongrass.
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Soak the rice vermicelli in hot water until pliable, about 8 minutes, then drain.
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Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat and fry the paste, turmeric, and lemongrass until fragrant, about 4 minutes.
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Add the chicken and water, bring to a boil, then skim and reduce to a simmer.
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Cover and simmer until the chicken is fully cooked and tender, about 25 minutes.
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Lift out the chicken, shred the meat once cool enough to handle, and return it to the pot.
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Season the broth with the salt.
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Divide the drained vermicelli and bean sprouts among bowls and ladle the hot broth and chicken over top.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Soto Ayam (Malaysian Turmeric Chicken Soup with Rice Vermicelli), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Soto Ayam (Malaysian Turmeric Chicken Soup with Rice Vermicelli) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 30 g
- Fat
- 36 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 560 mg
- Saturated fat
- 8 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Soto Ayam (Malaysian Turmeric Chicken Soup with Rice Vermicelli) takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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