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Saoto Soep

Name: Saoto Soep
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Suriname
Ingredients: 2 (bone-in) Chicken Thigh; 50g Glass Noodles; 100g Bean sprouts; 2 Hard-boiled eggs; 1 Potato; 1 piece Ginger; 1 Lemongrass; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 Green Onion; To taste Fried Garlic; To taste Oil for frying; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 1.5L Water; To taste Cooked rice

Soup

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Chicken broth with glass noodles, bean sprouts, boiled egg, and fried potato — Suriname's Javanese soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Saoto soep is Indonesian soto as it uniquely evolved in Suriname: chicken broth scented with ginger and lemongrass holds shredded chicken, bean sprouts, glass noodles, and boiled egg, topped with fried shoestring potatoes and fried onions. Rice is added to the soup. It's the signature dish of Javanese eateries.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Javanese warung in Paramaribo, a clear, hearty chicken soup arrives topped with crisp potatoes and fried onions.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 2 (bone-in)
Glass Noodles 50g
Bean sprouts 100g
Hard-boiled eggs 2
Potato 1
Ginger 1 piece
Lemongrass 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Green Onion 2
Fried Garlic To taste
Oil for frying To taste
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Water 1.5L
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Simmer the chicken, water, crushed ginger, lemongrass, garlic, and salt in a pot for 40 minutes.
Remove and shred the chicken and strain the broth.
Cut the potatoes into thin strips and fry until crisp.
Put rice, glass noodles, bean sprouts, chicken, and boiled egg in bowls.
Pour over the hot broth and top with the fried potatoes, fried garlic, and green onion.

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