Soto Banjar Is a Traditional Spicy Soup of South Borneo

Banjarmasin Or Banjar is the capital of South Borneo, Indonesia. A famous local dish is South Borneo Spicy Soup (soto Banjar). Soto Banjar is a traditional spicy soup of Banjar, with the main ingredient is chicken and aromatic spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. This Soup contains shredded chicken meat, serve with potato cake, boiled eggs, and rice cake.


Ingredients :

• 1 whole chicken. Cut into 4 parts
• 2 liters water
• 250 cc fresh milk
• ¼ nutmeg
• 10 cm cinnamon
• 2 cloves
• Salt to taste

Puree Spices into pasta :

• 8 shallots
• 5 garlics
• 1 teaspoon seed pepper
• Oil

Instructions :

1. Put 2 liter water, chicken and salte to taste into the pan. Boil chicken until tender
2. Lift, take off the chicken meat from the bone. Shred the meat. Leave the chicken broth about 1 ¾ liter.
3. Saute the spicy pasta until fragrant, then enter it into the chicken broth.
4. Add cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, cook until boiling.
5. Add fresh milk, stir well slowly until boiling.

Note :
Soto Banjar usually served with some supplementary ingredients:
• 12 pieces potato cake
• 100 g vermicelli soaked in hot water until soft, drained
• 6 boiled eggs, cut into 2 parts each
• 4 tablespoons fried shallots
• 2 spring union, thinly sliced
• 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced
• sweet soy sauce to taste
• lime juice
• chilli sauce