4 tablespoons sunflower oil
2 organic chicken legs or 4 halves
1 large onion + 3 cloves garlic
1 lemongrass stalk
a piece of ginger (5cm)
1 liter water and 2 stock cubes (chicken or veg)
4 tablespoons Ketjap manis
1 Madame jeanette pepper, in rings
2 free-range organic eggs, hard boiled
10g celery leaves
125g bean sprouts
4 tablespoons fried onions (ready made)
1 small bag of mini-fries (ready made)
Saoto soup is a delicious chicken soup with fresh vegetables and herbs from Suriname. Last minute, you add bean sprouts, freshly torn celery leaves, a boiled egg and the soy sauce with the pepper rings. Finally add the store-bought fried onions. The little monsters love the mini fries best, those are also included in the recipe :))
How to make Saoto soup
Start with the preparations
Clean the veg and herbs.
Wash and drain them all.
Crush the lemongrass stalk.
Grate the fresh ginger.
Wash and drain the chicken legs.
Place them on kitchen paper.
Boil the eggs for 8 minutes.
Cut the pepper into thin rings.
Chop the onion finely.
Add the pepper rings to the soy sauce.
Let the eggs cool under the cold tap,
Wash the celery and beansprouts.
Let them both drain well,
Cut the eggs in half.
How to fry the chicken
Heat 3 tablespoons sunflower oil in a large pan.
Fry the chicken legs until golden in 4 mins.
Remove from the pan and set aside for now.
How to make the soup
Fry the onion, garlic and lemongrass for 3 minutes.
Add one liter of water to the mixture.
Crumble the stock cubes over it and stir it in.
Put the chicken back in the bouillon and turn the heat low.
Let the soup simmer gently for 30 minutes, so that the chicken legs can cook properly
Remove the chicken from the pan, let it cool.
Remove the chicken meat from the bones.
Fry until browned in the last spoon of oil.
Return the chicken to the chicken soup and fetch the rest of the ingredients to dress up the soup
Add the bean sprouts, celery and fried onions to the soup.
Season the soup with sea salt and freshly ground pepper.
Place an egg in each of the bowls Soato Soup and serve the mini-fries and the soy sauce with pepper rings on the side, enjoy!