Soto Banjar / Banjarnese Chicken Soup

Soto Banjar, Indonesian Chicken Soup Recipe:

My Mom, she grew up here. Her 2 older sisters and 2 younger sisters were born here. She told me when I was a litlle that she and her older sister used to go down the river and borrowed the rowboat from the people who lived by the river and they were peddling along the Barito Rivers. They also went inside the deep forest and made friend with the boy from Dayak Tribe. The boy taught them their language. She taught me some of the language, she said just in case. I think she told me the language is Dayak Bakumpai. Any way..."Kuman Helo'..."

Soto Banjar /
Banjarnese Chicken Soup
www.CookingRecipes-CakeDecorating.com

1 chicken (2 - 2 1/2 lb)
cut into quarter
2 1/2 litre water
3 TB salt or add more as needed
1 cinnamon stick
5 whole cloves
pinch of nutmeg
2 inches ginger
2 cardamom

Spce Paste:
10 shallots
5 garlic
1 tsp white pepper
1 TB sugar

Condiment To Serve:
2 whole cellophane noodles soaked in water until soft and cut up little bit for easier handling
3 hard boil eggs, cut in 4, or cut using the egg cutter
1 Tomatoes diced. 3 stalk celery, finely chopped
3 green onion, finely chopped
3 medium potato, cut in to wedges and fried
sambal soto

Boil the chicken with all the ingredients in water over medium-heat for about 1 hour. Skim off any foam or other impurities from the surface. When the water is clear, lower the heat to medium-low and simmer. Meanwhile, prepare the Spice Paste in a blender, combine all the ingredients and process to a smooth paste. Pour into the wok and cook over medium-heat until the liquid almost gone. Add 6 TB oil and continue frying until fragrant (about 4 minutes)
Take out the chicken and shred the meat when the chicken is cool enough to handle. Put back the bones if you want to. Pour in the spice paste. Continue simmering for another 20 minutes so the flavour will blend.

Before the serving time, remove all the debris from the broth using a sifter, adjust the taste then put back the shredded chicken back into the pot and simmer until you are ready to serve or you can also put the shredded chicken back as needed.

Banjarmasin:on a delta island near the junctions of the Barito and Martapura Rivers, Banjarmasin, the capital city of South Kalimantan, is sometimes called the "River City". Where many houses built are built on raft or stilt over the water, many of such waterways or small rowboats are used for travel. Banjarmasin is one of the two such a floating market place, where buyers and sellers visits by boat. The other floating marketplace is in Thailand.

Dayak:name of tribes that identifies the various indigenous peoples on the islands of Borneo / Kalimantan. They are divided into about 450 groups. Experts say that Dayak Tribes are the first people, the legendary native of Kalimantan "Orang Asli". (In the past, anthropologists described the Dayak who lived in longhouse and engaged in head-hunting)
Despite some differences, original Dayak shared their physical features, architecture, language, an oral tradition, customs, social structure, weapons, agricultural technology and a similar outlook on life. Experts agree that there are many basic affinities in the legends of the various Dayak groups. Sadly, though, all the original elements of Dayak life as described in the legends have suffered significantly from external elements.

Go back to Indonesian Soups Page

Make Residual Income From Home, The Best International Business Opportunity, No Selling, No Recruiting, Affordable, Please Visit Internet Income To Learn More!!

If you can't find what you are looking for, you can search Google, below!!