Boyolali Fresh Soto Recipe, Use Clear Broth

​Boyolali in Central Java has a refreshing clear broth soto. The name is Soto Seger Boyolali with beef or chicken filling.

The complementary ingredients for the fresh boyolali soup are suntan, bean sprouts, and spring onions. Although the fresh soto soup is clear, it tastes delicious.

Usually, the Soto Seger Boyolali stall provides a variety of side dishes such as quail egg satay, chicken gizzard liver satay, and fried tempeh.

You can make your own fresh Soto Boyolali which is fairly simple following the recipe from Cookpad Buddy Tituk MS @mbantuk below.

Fresh Soto Ingredients500 grams of chicken (can be domestic chicken or free-range chicken)

• 1 leek
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 lime leaves
• 1 lemongrass stalk, crushed
• 2 fingers of ginger, crushed
• 2 slices of galangal
• 3 grains of cardamom
• 1 tomato
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper powder
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
• 1/2 tsp stock powder
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• Ground spices
• 4 cloves garlic
• 5 red onions
• Supplementary material
• Suun to taste, brew hot water, drain
• Fried onion to taste
• Celery and spring onions, chopped

How to make fresh Soto Boyolali

• Broth: boil the chicken with enough water. When the water starts to become cloudy and a lot of foam floats, discard the chicken boiled water. The goal is to get a clear broth.
• Clean the pot, fill it with two liters of water. Add the chicken and the white part of the onion. Boil for at least 30 minutes on low heat.
• Seasonings: saute ground spices until fragrant. Enter the bay leaves, lime leaves, ginger, galangal, cardamom, lemongrass, and nutmeg. Saute briefly. Add the seasonings to the broth.
• Add tomatoes, pepper and salt. Taste correction. Boil for about 15 minutes until the soto is fragrant and the spices are dissolved in the sauce.
• Turn off the fire, take the chicken. Shredded chicken.
• Heat two tablespoons of cooking oil. Saute chopped garlic until golden brown. Put it in the soup or add it at the end of the soup.
• Serving suggestion: place the rice in a bowl. Give suun and shredded chicken. Flush with hot clear broth. Add fried onions and chopped celery.

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