Bowl of yellow chicken soup with rice, egg, shredded chicken, cabbage, and red sambal.

soto ayam Lamongan

Indonesia · Southeast Asia

Short description
This chicken soup layers a bright broth with rice, shredded meat, crunchy cabbage, egg, and a savory powder topping.
Ingredients
Chicken soup with rice, turmeric, lemongrass, galangal, garlic, boiled egg, cabbage, koya powder, and sambal.
Cultural note
Koya powder gives this style a distinctive nutty-savory finish when stirred into the hot broth.
Common misconception
It is not a clear chicken soup; turmeric, aromatics, rice, and koya make it a full bowl meal.

image credit

Soto ayam lamongan.jpg

creator:
Shinta amalia
license:
CC BY-SA 4.0
modified:
Cropped to square and resized for Gochizu; no content was added.

audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.