Mee Soto

Ingredients

• 5 shallots
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3cm piece ginger
• 3cm piece of turmeric
• 3 stalks of lemongrass
• 1 tsp anise powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tbsp white pepper
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 3 star anise
• 5 cloves
• 4 cardamon pods
• 1 whole chicken (cut into quarters)
• 3-4l of water
• 2 cubes of chicken bouillon
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1kg potatoes
• 250g cooked chicken (reserved from making the soup)
• ½ cup fried shallots
• 2 eggs
• 80g Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• 80g Scallions (finely chopped)
• 2 tsp white pepper
• Salt to taste
• 800g yellow noodles or rice vermicelli
• 150g Bean sprouts (blanched)
• 8 eggs (hardboiled)
• Deep fried scallions
• Coriander leaves (finely chopped)