MAHAKAM CHICKEN CLEAR SOUP, SOTO MAHAKAM

Mahakam chicken clear soup is a speciality food from Samarinda, East Kalimantan / Borneo. That is a kind of a chicken clear soup. It is made of ckicken (free range chicken), clove, garlic, red onion, cinnamon etc. How to make it ? Here you are your recipe.

INGREDIENTS :
• ½ chicken (free-range chicken), cut in 2-4 pieces
• 6 cloves of red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
• 3 stalks celery, made a knot
• 2 lt freshwater


Ground seasoning :
• 5 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
• 8 cloves of red onion, peeled and chopped
• 100 gr peanuts, fried without cooking oil
• cooking oil for sauté

Another seasoning :
• 5 cloves
• 3 cm cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground white pepper
• 2 cm ginger root, peeled and bruised
• 5 cm sugar cane, peeled
• 5 tbsp sweat ketchup
• 1 ½ tbsp sea salt (or season to taste)

Complements :
• 3 boiled duck eggs, cut in 2 pieces
• potatoes croquette
• 300 sohun (tranparent bean flour vermicelli), pour with hot water
• 1 stalk welsh’onion, thinly sliced
• 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
• 3 tbsp or more fried sliced red onion
• 2 lime fruits, cut in 2 pieces

METHOD :
1) Place the chicken with 2 litres freshwater into stewpan add knotted celery and sliced red onion, bring to boil until the chicken tender, removed and drained, shredded, set aside.
2) Into the broth (point 1), add cloves, cinnamon and all another seasoning, stir and reduce heat to medium, and then simmer it.
3) Use mortar and pestle or food prosessor, grind or blend all ground seasoning ingredients finely. Pre-heat about 3 tbsp cooking oil, sauté ground seasoning until the mixture becomes very fragrant (done).
4) Place the sauté into the broth (point 2), simmer on, stir frequently. Reduce heat to low and simmer on. And now, Mahakam chicken clear soup ready to serve.
5) To serve. Place shredded chicken in the bowl, add all complements (season to taste), and then pour the hot soup thin sauce over it.

Happy cooking. Thank you.