Serves 2-4 people
500 g brisket beef
300 ml instant coconut milk
200 ml fresh milk
1 L water
fried shallots
jeruk limo
spring onions to taste
1 potato
basic ingredients:

6 pcs large chillies
7 pcs garlic
10 pcs shallots
1 tsp white pepper
thumb size turmeric
spices:

2 sticks lemongrass
2 thumb size ginger
4 bay leaves
seasoning:

1 ½ tsp salt
2 tbsp beef powder
2 tbsp sugar
water

Recipe Courtesy of
Asian Food Network

Soto Betawi

Soto Betawi is a hearty beef soup consisting of chunks of meat and offal that are slowly simmered in a coconut milk broth, which is usually enriched with various spices such as lemongrass, turmeric, galangal, kefir lime leaves, and coriander.

Difficulty: Medium

Preparation: 120 min
Cook: 30 min
Clean up: 15 min

Steps: 3 steps
23 Ingredients

Difficulty: Medium
Steps: 3 steps
23 Ingredients

Preparation: 120 min
Cook: 30 min
Clean up: 15 min

Instructions

Presto the Meat
- Fill water in (presto) or normal pot, place on the stove and turn on the heat. Place the meat into a pot and let it boil .
- Once the color of meat has turned, throw in the herbs and spices.
- Take off heat and set aside. Pour out the boiled water onto another pan and heat.
- Cut the meat in cubed size

Saute spices
- In a clean pan, pour oil, and add in all the fine spices, saute and mix until it gives out a strong fragrant aroma and cook.
- Add the mixture into the boiling pot of the residue from the boiled meat. Continue to boil at low heat.

Boiled Broth with spices
- In the boiled pot broth with the added mixture of spice, reduce heat, and begin to pour in coconut milk, milk.
- Add in salt and pepper seasoning to taste.
- Add in the cube sized meats, along with potato and tomato cuts (cubed or wedges) into the pot mixture, and stir occasionally.

Plate and Serve!

Scoop a mixture of meats, tomato and potatoes and place into a bowl. Sprinkle fried shallots and spring onion. And sweet soya to taste. Serve with Emping (type of Indonesian chips, a bite-size snack made from of melinjo or belinjo (Gnetum gnemon) nuts (which are seeds). Emping crackers have a slightly bitter taste.

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Name: Soto Betawi
Prep time: P0Y0M0D2H0M0S
Cook time: P0Y0M0D0H30M0S
Total time: P0Y0M0D2H30M0S
Yield: Serves 2-4 people
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 500 g brisket beef; 300 ml instant coconut milk; 200 ml fresh milk; 1 L water; fried shallots; jeruk limo; spring onions to taste; 1 potato; basic ingredients: 6 pcs large chillies; 7 pcs garlic; 10 pcs shallots; 1 tsp white pepper; thumb size turmeric; spices: 2 sticks lemongrass; 2 thumb size ginger; 4 bay leaves; seasoning: 1 ½ tsp salt; 2 tbsp beef powder; 2 tbsp sugar; water