Soto ayam is a traditional Indonesian dish which uses ingredients such as chicken, ''

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'',

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, and

rice vermicelli Rice vermicelli is a thin form of noodle. It is sometimes referred to as 'rice noodles' or 'rice sticks', but should not be confused with cellophane noodles, a different Asian type of vermicelli made from mung bean starch or rice starch rather ...

. Soto ayam is popular in

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and

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is added as one of its main ingredients which makes the yellow chicken broth. It is one of the most popular variant of '' soto'', a traditional soup commonly found in

Indonesian cuisine Indonesian cuisine is a collection of various regional culinary traditions that formed the archipelagic nation of Indonesia. There are a wide variety of recipes and cuisines in part because Indonesia is composed of approximately 6,000 popula ...

. Besides chicken and vermicelli, it can also be served with hard-boiled

eggs Humans and human ancestors have scavenged and eaten animal eggs for millions of years. Humans in Southeast Asia had domesticated chickens and harvested their eggs for food by 1,500 BCE. The most widely consumed eggs are those of fowl, especial ...

, slices of fried potatoes and Chinese

celery Celery (''Apium graveolens'') is a marshland plant in the family Apiaceae that has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Celery has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves. Depending on location and cultivar, either its stalks, lea ...

leaves. Fried

shallot The shallot is a botanical variety (a cultivar) of the onion. Until 2010, the (French red) shallot was classified as a separate species, ''Allium ascalonicum''. The taxon was synonymized with ''Allium cepa'' (the common onion) in 2010, as the d ...

s are usually added as garnish.

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(''santan'') is also used as an additional ingredient. ''Koya'', a powder of mixed prawn crackers with fried garlic, or

sambal Sambal is an Indonesian chilli sauce or paste, typically made from a mixture of a variety of chilli peppers with secondary ingredients, such as shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice. ''Sambal'' is an Indo ...

is a common topping. ''

Krupuk ''Krupuk'' ( Javanese), ''kerupuk'' (Indonesian), ''keropok'' (Malay), ''kroepoek'' (Dutch) or ''kropek'' ( Tagalog) is a cracker made from starch or animal skin and other ingredients that serve as flavouring. Most krupuk are deep fried, w ...

'' or '' emping'' is also a common topping. Lalapan is usually served as a side dish.

Variations

Different regions have their own variation of this dish, for instance: * Soto Ambengan, originated from Ambengan,

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. Soto Ambengan is famous for its ''koya'' topping. * Soto Banjar * Soto Kudus * Soto Medan * Soto Lamongan * Soto Lenthok * Soto Semarang

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