Beef Soup Indonesian style

One of my spiceblends I brought back from the Netherlands called for either chicken or beef. I wanted to give beef a try.

During the heat dome weather here not many people go for beef soups. It was a problem to get a good beef shank. It took me two weeks to finally got one.

All other ingredients were easy to find in the veggie section of the supermarket. 

I cooked the beef stock the day before I wanted to eat the dish. It took 1:40 minutes cooking time. The beef was super good after that time. I filtered the stock and cut the beef shank in small pieces. Both went in the fridge over night.

The next morning I cooked my potatoes and chopped leek, celery and green onion. 

Recipe for 4:

Stock:

600 g beef shank

1,5 liters of water

1 carrot, green from a leek, leaves off the celery, 2 garlic cloves, 2 dried chilis, 1 bay leaf

Salt and pepper

Dish:

1,2 liter stock

Beef cubed

1 Soto Ayam spiceblend

4 hardboiled eggs

1 tbsp oil

4 medium potatoes

150 g leek

75 g celery

1 green onion

Salt and pepper

4 tbsp crunchy fried onions

In a large pot heat up the oil and sautee the green veggies for 5 min. Add the paste and give it a good stir.

Pour in the stock and bring to a boil and cook until the veggies are soft. 

Now in with cooked potatoes and beef and heat it through. Just takes 5 minutes. Check seasoning.

Peel the eggs and get the plates ready. Sprinkle with fried onions.