Recipe for Sop Buntut
Ingredients for Javanese Oxtail Soup:
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- 4 lbs. oxtail
- 4 inches of ginger, unpeeled but smashed
- 3 nutmeg seeds, roughly broken
- 20 cloves
- 11/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- salt to taste
- 3 carrots, halved and chopped into 1 inch chunks
- 2 leeks, chopped into 1 inch chunks
- 1 scallion, chopped into 1 inch chunks
- 3 medium all-purpose potatoes, chopped into 8 chunks each
- 2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 cup chopped celery, with leaves.
- fried shallots
- 2 tbsp butter or vegetable oil
- Fill a large pot with enough water to cover the oxtail generously and add the ginger. Bring the water to a boil, add the oxtail, and boil for three minutes. Pour out the water and discard the ginger.
- Refill the pot (still with the oxtail) with cold water and bring to a boil. Add the cloves and nutmeg, and simmer, covered, for 1 1/2 hours until the meat is tender. Remove from heat, cool completely, and refrigerate overnight. Skim the congealed fat from the surface.
- Bring the soup back to a simmer. Heat butter/oil in a pan over medium heat, add carrot, leek, and scallion and saute for 3 minutes, then add to the soup along with the potatoes, pepper, and salt to taste.
- Cover and simmer for twenty minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Ladle into bowls and garnish with celery, tomato slices, and fried shallots.
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