Soto Daging - Indonesian Beef Soup

4.8 from 4 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Soup

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Beef

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 2 hours 30 mins

Total Time: 2 hours 45 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 kilogram beef stew cuts
• 8 cups (2 liter) water
• 3 lemongrass, greener top part (reserve 3" bottom whiter part for spice paste)
• 10 kaffir lime leaves (Indonesian: daun jeruk)
• 4 Indonesian bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam)
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tablespoon salt, or to taste
• Spice paste (grind the following together)
• 80 gram shallot
• 6 cloves garlic
• 3 lemongrass, bottom 3" whiter part
• 1 inch galangal
• 1 inch ginger
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds/powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds/powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• Garnish
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced
• 4 stalks cilantro, thinly sliced
• sambal oelek
• deep fried shallot flakes (Indonesian: bawang merah goreng)
• lime wedges
• sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis)

Instructions

1. In a soup pot, boil together beef, water, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, Indonesian bay leaves, cinnamon stick, star anise, and nutmeg. Reduce heat and simmer until the meat is tender. About 1 to 2 hours.
2. Heat 4 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan on medium heat. Sauté spice paste until cooked and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
3. Once the meat is tender, return the soup to a boil. Add the fried spice paste and seasoned the soup with salt. Adjust the amount of salt as needed.
4. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for another 10 minutes.
5. Turn off heat. Serve the soup hot with garnishes and steamed white rice.