Oct 20, 2023

Saoto soul

A classic in the surniamese kitchen A fresh and filling chicken soup

Chef's notes

Optionally you can add in rice or vermicelli And experiment with veggies

Details

  • ⏲️ Prep time: 30
  • 🍳 Cook time: 2h
  • 🍽️ Servings: 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 3 twigs lemongrass
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 10 pimentberries (allspice)
  • 1 laos peeled and roughly chopped
  • Thumbsize piece of ginger
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 6 eggs
  • Ketjap manis
  • 1 habanero
  • 1 bush of parsley
  • Fried onions
  • 200gr of bean sprouts
  • Ketang (mini fries chips)
  • 5 boullion cubes

Directions

  1. In a large souppan add 3L water and the chicken bring to boil and remove chicken after 30min
  2. Skim off the soup
  3. Add piment, lemongrass, laos, ginger, garlic, yellow onion and bouillon cubes
  4. Steep for a 1h-1,5h and in the mean time shred the chicken
  5. In a wok cook the shredded chicken till brown and crispy and set aside
  6. Cook 6 softboiled eggs and set aside
  7. In a small bowl add 5 spoons of ketjap manis and one finely diced habenero mix well
  8. Once the soup is finished pass it trough a sieve
  9. Assemble the soup bowls in the following order : beansprouts ketang chicken soup egg fried onions chopped parsley
  10. The ketjap/habenero mix is added to taste