Sop Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup Recipe)

Ingredients :

• 1 Chicken, cut into serving pieces
• 2 liters Water
• 1 tablespoon Margarine
• 5 Shallots, finely sliced, fried
• 1/4 Nutmeg, bruised
• 2 Cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon Pepper
• 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
• 200 g Potatoes, peeled, cut into 1.5 cm cubes
• 150 g Carrots, sliced, shaped into flowers
• 2 Spring onions, cut into small pieces
• 1 spring Chinese parsley, knotted
• 4 Cabbage leaves, cut 2 X 2 cm
• 50 g Snow peas, cut both ends
• 100 g Frozen or fresh peas
• 1 tablespoon Flour, mixed with a little water
• Salt
• 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)