Indonesian 'Soto Ayam' Chicken Noodle Soup - Marion's Kitchen 

She says “this is MY version” so every body calm down. This is ART

*Did you know, there are more than 250 kind of Sotos across Indonesia, from Aceh until Papua, so amazing.*

This is just lovely, Marion. Please ignore some of the comments coming from my fellow Indonesians trying to tell you how to do things. The truth is, there are myriad variations of soto in Indonesia. It's a big country, and most of us just don't travel enough to know enough about our own cuisine. To my fellow Indonesians, this recipe might not be familiar for some of you but you better believe that in some places this is the standard. Coconut milk is a must have for some of us and spring onion is not that uncommom either, it really does add to the aroma. And chopsticks are really handy, I even use them to eat chiki and pisgor, sue me. God, demen banget sih ngatur hidup orang 🙄

My mother used to make this Soto, but the light version. It doesn't contain coconut milk at all and no cumin, but my mother add some candle nut. And for the topping we usually put fine chopped celery and fried shallots instead of coriander leaves. You should try it out, it's so light and refreshing. For browning the chicken it's a good idea tho. Thanks for sharing your version Marion. Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩

I just made this. It’s supper yummy and is fairly easy to make. My wife loved it. I’ll definitely be making this again. Many thanks from the San Francisco Bay Area! 😄

Looks great but you forgot the best topping and that’s the hard boiled egg

Looks yum! Here's in Indonesia it's quite common to use only a chicken stock instead of coconut milk, and it tastes lighter and refreshing at the same time. I usually add some yolk to my broth so it could be milder. You really bring it to the next level! 💕

There are many variations of Soto in Indonesia. Some with coconut milk, some without. The one I usually have it the one without. We add boiled eggs, and mix the yolk into the soup. Taste awesome. You should definitely try it.

Use the celery leaf its give more impact than use coriander leaf and add a little bit fish sauce too . That's my family soto recipe secret

Actually there are tons of variation of "soto" soup in Indonesia. It varies mainly based on the region/city or ingredients. Usually the soto ayam (chicken soup) version doesn't require coconut milk and the broth is clear. For the garnish you can do more by adding cracker/krupuk, fried shallot, a half of boiled egg, Indonesian sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) and my favorite perkedel kentang (fried mashed potato). Anyway thank you for introducing Indonesian food and please explore since we still have iconic dishes such as rendang, rawon, satay, gado gado, bakso, perkedel, rempeyek, ayam taliwang, etc. Good luck!

I really appreciate how easy to follow these recipes are. they're perfect enough to be very unique and fun while still being doable.

My Mom usually burn the turmeric to precooked it and to remove the raw taste of it, then blend it out with the rest of the herbs & spices

This food is very delicious and popular in Indonesia. Every city has different type of ingredients "Soto ayam" or chicken noodles soup.. I love it so much

Glad you like our food! Greetings from Indonesia! :))

as an indonesian (specifically i am balinese), i prefer to mix the seasoning with coconut oil as it helps to enhance the flavor when i fry them. there is nothing wrong or bad to use the broth to help the blending process but i often felt the seasoning was lacking by using water, as if the soto were just disappears on my tongue as soon i swallow it. but when i use oil (whatever you choose to use, in indonesia we usually using coconut oli most of the time), the taste lingers and making me aware of how delicious the dish is, makes me wanted to eat more. anyway it is just my opinion and everybody had their own taste

tried this recipe today and loved it! thanks for showing step by step!

We usually add candle nut in the paste to add depth of flavour and fried shallots as garnish. Nice touch there with coconut milk ;-) It's a great recipe!

I could watch Marion's Kitchen videos all day, great colours. Plus I love asian cuisine and Marion makes the cooking element look a lot less intimidating then I thought it would be. Currently making chicken pho following Marion's recipe. :)

WOW! how you do the every single particular ingredients, meat, broth, and others add, how the way you cook it genuinely like a local people do for its soup.. its Awesome!

Hi Marion, I'm your biggest fan from Indonesia who's now living in USA🇺🇸. I love watching your video and I hope you cook more of Indonesian food since all your videos are very creative! You're my true idol -> successful tv presenter, cookbook author, and food journalist. And most important you're always calm and collected on every video you make, very inspiring! ❤️❤️❤️ Anyway, Indonesian cuisine varies greatly by region and has many different influences. Techniques and ingredients were influenced by India, the Middle East, China, and finally Europe. Indonesian cuisine often demonstrates complex flavour, acquired from certain ingredients and bumbu spices mixture as savory, hot and spicy, and also combination of basic tastes such as sweet, salty, sour and bitter. Most of Indonesians favour hot and spicy food (sambal) with shrimp paste, is a staple condiment at all Indonesian tables. Seven main Indonesian cooking methods are frying, grilling, roasting, dry roasting, sautéing, boiling and steaming. ❤️❤️❤️ --- Sedikit cerita mbak cantik satu ini lahir di Thailand, besar di Papua New Guinea, kuliah di Australia dan bergabung di MasterChef Australia 🇦🇺, selalu bangga memperkenalkan masakan dari negara2 Asia yg beragam lezatnya ke seluruh dunia 🌍. Thank you for recognizing one of delicious food from Indonesia 🇮🇩!

I just made this. Delicious. Great recipe. Thank you.

Marion.. I love everything about your soto. Do not mind people commenting about coconut milk in your soto. Soto has a huge number of variations across Indonesia with different ingredients and people still call them all soto (or coto in Makassar) and you can put anything you wish into it and make it your signature soto. Coconut milk in soto is heaven in the palate because I prefer thick and spice-full soup to the clear and light soup. If you are still wondering about other variations of soto, you might want to try Soto Sokaraja (soto with peanut sauce), Soto Betawi (this one is with coconut milk or milk!), or Soto Tauto Pekalongan (you might find the fermented soybean in Chinese grocery stores - well, it's too complicated tho).

I made this recipe today and found that it was delicious. I'm from India and coconut milk is common to South Indian cuisine, and so is turmeric. The paste was absolutely fragrant with the garlic, ginger, turmeric, lemon grass, coriander and cumin powders. In all, a delicious noodle soup which warms the body and the soul!! 😋👍

I was once offered this soup and I loved it. I'm Hungarian and I'm a soup lover and gonna try to cook this today, wish me luck!

I just love your videos!! I made your Korean Beef stir-fry a few nights ago and my husband can’t stop raving about it. Luckily I doubled the recipe so he has had it for lunch every day. I also made a daikon radish and cucumber salad to go with it. Thanks for continuing to inspire me to cook new bright and delicious flavours. Cheers!!

Soto ayam with coconut milk is my mom's hometown version. We call it soto ayam kemiri. Anyone here from Pati and familiar with soto kemiri?

Thank you so much. This soup looks absolutely amazing! As a total "ramen" head, I'm excited to try other soups as well!

As an Indonesian, I like this yellow chicken soup ( Soto Ayam) so much. We may skip the coconut milk and add some candle nut ,depends on the taste you want. What a pleasure to see this video 👍 Amazing.

Another sensational recipe from Queen Marion, hooray!

different province or cities different types of soup

Proud to be Indonesian, this is one of my fav food. and always cooking for this menu. thank you for cooking indonesia food. wohooooo.

Wow, I sure appreciate these recipes & the advice of options about different ingredients one can substitute others with! Really helpful, thank you❣️

We have so many kind of Soto and Soto that you are making comes from West Java.

Suggestion: add some bean sprout and raw-chopped cabbage as the topping to give "crunchiness" in your soup

Kaffir lime leaves are so important. I have a tree and use it all the time. IT is the taste of Thailand. I know this recipe is from Indonesia but the kaffir lime leaves are the true taste of Thailand. Thanks for this recipe you are so amazing!! xxx

Wow! Lovely soup Marion. You take the simplest recipes to another level, and make the difficult ones look so simple. Will definitely make this soon as it’s still cold in NZ. Thank God I have all the ingredients, some growing in my garden.

WOW you can cook anything❤️

Thank you for ur version-soto.. Its look delicious.. Haha. U did it excellent.. In indonesia, there are plenty different kind of soto, but we dont use coriander leaves, instead we choose celery / spring onion.. And of course, fried shallot, fried chicken, boiled egg come along as best topping for soto.. Hahaha

Niiice..Indonesia has soooo many versions of Soto and its okay to have your own version! Proudly Asia 😘

Great job Marion. Amazing work, excellent recipe, great execution !!

I was literally eating this food when it showed up on my recommendation lol

I’ve been eating this Soto medan my whole life, and i never knew how do they cook it, until now LMAO and im Medanese 😅

Thank you, this is beautiful. Turmeric soto ayam doesn't use coconut milk in Java, but it depends on your preference. There a lot of local Soto variations in Indonesia, some use beef meat and so on. This is considered a national dish from Indonesia.

My take, i put not just coconut milk i also put chili paste and i'm also indonesian 😊 it is soto betawi

Its Indonesian soto ayam "Medan version" love from hong kong

I tried making dumplings for the first time yesterday. Thanks to you they were so amazing and tasty!! But it took me over an hour to get the dough ready 😂 Greetings from Germany 😘

Oh my.. that looks absolutely delicious to eat during a cold rainy day..

familiar flavors in a really different light! Thanks for this Marion❤

This is Medanese soto. Traditionally eaten with rice, bitternut cracker and potato cakes or glass noodle.

If you wonder how many versions of Soto, ill list some which i know. Talking which soto is right can be very confusing. Soto ayam (chicken based) : Soto Medan, Betawi, Solo, Jombang, Lamongan, Surabaya, Banjar, Kudus, Banjarmasin. Beef based : Soto madura (from Sumenep), Soto Solo (beef), Soto Dhok Jombang (Beef), Coto Makassar. Fish based : Soto madura (Sepulu) So many comments about coconut milk usage, so from above list, ill write which one using coconut milk : Soto Medan, Betawi, Kudus, Banjar, Surabaya. Soto ayam Surabaya is kinda confusing, it is not the most soto consumed at the city name it based from. It kinda only available at outskirts of the city. Not only it has coconut milk, but srundeng. Surabaya people usually eat Soto Lamongan. With a lot of Koya. Lamongan is a town near to Surabaya. Also confusing is the Soto Madura or many people refer as Soto daging (Beef Soto literally). It may not originated from Madura because my mom live there and told me they only had the Fish version, with reddish colored soup. Edit : Input from Muhammad Safril. The Soto Daging, the beef version of Soto Madura was from Sumenep. But whatever version the soto is, one thing is the same. You can custom order the ingredients. So you can tell the cook which one you like and you dont. You dont like celery? fine. You want extra chicken breast? No citrus? No glass noodle? Just tell the cook. As long you don't say "without soto". If you know more than i do, put your comments down below 😋.

From now on I’m gonna make this soup regularly,it is delicious 😋

indonesia is huge, there is a lot of soto version, different city there is slighty different soto taste. marion soto recipe which use coconut milk, is like soto in central java such as purwerejo city, love it. keep making indonesian recipe. thanks marrion, for your great soto recipe.

I can eat 2-3 bowls of any kind of soto in one time. I do make everything from scratch too 😍😍😍

In indonesia, people use fried onion more than spring onion as its garnish, both are acceptable and isn't going to change the flavour too much. Indonesian or at least javanese really love fried onion. Just fyi xD

Your videos is somehow making me hungry, and relax at the same time!

Thanks for giving credit to Indonesia as it is our most proud dish we have 👏🏼👍🏼

You had me at "coconut and turmeric chicken broth" 😍

Goodness me Marion, this looks absolutely divine!

Soto ayam, Chicken noodle curry soup. It is Soto Medan yellow version soup, usually added fried shallot

This looks amazing!!! I'm definitely trying this out. I love all your recipes btw.

I literally love all your videos, I might have been binge watching them recently. The videos are amazingly calm and your personality is very welcoming.

It's amazing how you make Soto from scratch.. but you forgot the sweet soy sauce :D

Love your cooking channel, every food look delicious and you make it look easy. Thank you for share Marion. 😍😍😍

Just made this and it was delicious! Was craving this so badly, thank you so much for the recipe ❤️

Add some fried shallot for topping, for flavor and aroma, and thank you for introducing Indonesian cuisine 😘😘😘

You look casual in this video wearing t-shirt and jeans jacket. Love it! 💕

Wow you make cooking Soto look easy! Thank you for creating this video. Most Indonesians will use Chinese celery rather than corriander leaves and also, if you sprinkle fried sliced-shallots on top of your Soto, it will enhance the taste 💙

I did taste Soto Soup in Indonesian Embassy one time. It was very tasty

Finally. Been waiting for local indonesian food!!! Love it

You definitely live dangerously cooking something with turmeric in ur bright T shirt and jacket

hai Marion, i'm Indonesian and a big fan of soto ayam and i think u did a great job in this video just let u know, in indonesia we usually add some springkle of crispy Shallot on top so shallot makes the soto ayam more fragrant and yummy good job, God bless

GREAT & appealing presentation. Thank you for this charming simplicity !

Please review Indonesian Salad "Gado- Gado". 👍

You're making me hungry!!!!😫😫💨🍴💭

My family make both the clear broth & add coconut milk variations. Both tasted so good. Instead of sambal olek, we eat it with sambal kicap. Perfect! Love from Denver & missing alot of Asian food...

Good morning Marion. Thanks for another delicious recipe. Have a great day!

Its gonna be perfect if u eat it with shrimp cracker (kerupuk udang) and crispy fried shallot

you forget the most important part, that is bean sprouts

this might be weird, but most of Indonesian restaurants across NSW and VIC serve this KIND of soto ayam. Turmeric chicken broth mixed with coconut milk. I was mad initially, but then, got along with it after living 2 yrs in NSW. Hence, i call this AUSTRALIAN SOTO AYAM!

Looks delicious!! Loving your videos!!

I'm supposed to be sleeping but here I am, stomach growling...

when you took to use coconut milk for that chicken soup, i thought you was being made 'opor ayam' or yellow chicken soup, mam... i am sorry before for my comment. i am just knowing soto ayam' making without coconut milk. But i don't know if any another soto dish version.

It looks very tasty. Today I'll try to make this recipe. I honestly love watching your videos, everything you do looks very delicious. Congratulations. Keep it up. 👌🏼😊

Oh Marion - I made this tonight. . . and it was absolutely heavenly. But not just the taste - the whole wonderful therapeutic process of blending these beautiful ingredients into a soul-warming, fragrant delight of a dish! Thank you so much for this fabulous recipe.

You may use any ingredients you want for your version of soto, but cilantro/coriander leaves is a big no no. It will ruin the taste of soto. Asian celery tastes a lot different from cilantro. Your soto looks great btw 😊👍

Why make broth and use deboned chicken.. You want flavour from the bones..

Marion no one cooks like you-just the way you describe the food is awesome!

I've just stumbled upon you whilst look up how to make Pho and I made your chicken Pho yesterday and it was just perfect! Thank you! Even my Malaysian mother liked it so it was a big hit! Can't wait to make your Soto Ayam now! Thanks again and your videos are explained beautifully xox

that's why you don't "slurp" soto. and you should have use spoon only. eat the noodles/rice vermicelli(bihun)/glass noodles(soun) along with the soup. chopsticks and slurping are not part of the culture.

For a more light and traditional taste, lose the coconut milk. It'll make a world of difference

Marion at so much knowledge on Aslan cookery alone , you are already a legend .

This looks so good! Will try this weekend to warm things up since its so cold right now. My mom always used a piece of bread to skim that fat off the top of soups- works awesomely

Asian food are always complicated to make 😭

This looks so good and comforting. Good Lord not only that but it is sooooo healthy, imagine this when you have a cold.

I love your soothing voice, reminding me of Peter Barakan from begin japanology. My favorite host

I tried your laksa recipe and it blew my mind I ate laksa soup for breakfast lunch and dinner I am going to make this delicious soup today and I am pretty much confident that this recipe of urs would be as delicious as laksa

Everytime you cook i'm salivating. Looks so yummy!

Looks delicious and so comforting

I'm Indonesian but I live in USA. It makes me remember to my favourite Indonesian food. Javanese Chicken Soto😍

Thank you Marion! I tried this recipe, came out wonderfully! Everyone loved it, so aromatic and delectable the dish is. 😊