Chicken with Lemongrass Broth

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Chicken

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hour

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon cooking oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 scallion (white part only), thinly sliced
• 8 lemongrass, bruised and knotted
• 1 chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 liter water
• 200 gram oyster mushroom (Indonesian: jamur tiram), slice/tear into thin strips
• 3 tomatoes, quartered and cut into small pieces

Instructions

1. Heat the cooking oil in a soup pot on high heat. Fry garlic, onion, scallion, and lemongrass until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
2. Add chicken, season with salt and pepper and cook until no longer pink.
3. Pour water and bring to a boil. Cover with a lid, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes until chicken is fully cooked and tender.
4. Add mushroom and tomatoes and bring to a boil.
5. Turn off heat and serve immediately with steamed white rice.