Best Chicken Noodle Soup 🇬🇾🇸🇷(Soto Ayam)

Trim off the lemongrass and peel the outer layers to get the tender part.

Smash the lemongrass to release its flavor.

Rinse the chicken with vinegar and cut it into two pieces.

Add 6 cups of water to a pot with lime leaves, cinnamon, lemongrass, and allspice.

Add the chicken to the pot and let it steam for about 15 minutes.

Prepare dry ingredients by pulverizing peppercorns, cumin, coriander, cardamom, and cloves.

Chop half an onion finely.

Smash and mince 4 cloves of garlic.

Slice and mince fresh turmeric.

Slice and chop a thumb-sized piece of ginger.

Remove the chicken from the pot and strain the liquid.

Shred the chicken into chunks.

Heat 3 tablespoons of coconut oil in a pot and brown the chicken until crispy, about 5 minutes.

Remove the chicken and set aside.

In the same pot, sauté the chopped aromatics until the onion is cooked, about 2 minutes.

Add the strained liquid back to the pot along with 1/3 cup of coconut milk and the two worry peppers.

Bring to a boil and add the chicken back in along with the rice noodles and 1 cup of water.

Cook until the noodles are tender.

Fry rice noodles in oil for garnish.

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