🇮🇩 Indonesia recipe

Sop Buntut

Sop Buntut is an elegant Indonesian oxtail soup that showcases the Dutch colonial influence on Indonesian cuisine. Thick, collagen-rich oxtail pieces are simmered for hours in a clear, fragrant broth perfumed with nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon, creating a deeply savory and silky soup. The long cooking time renders the oxtail impossibly tender, with the meat falling off the bone and the broth developing a rich, natural body from the rendered gelatin.

Prep20 mins
Cook2 hrs 45 mins
Serves4
Difficultymedium
Sop Buntut, a Indonesia dish

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg oxtail, cut into sections at the joints
  • 2.5 liters water
  • 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 2 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 1 large tomato, quartered
  • 8 large shallots, peeled and halved
  • 6 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 3cm piece fresh nutmeg, grated (or 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg)
  • 4 whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick (about 5cm)
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
  • Fried shallots and lime wedges for serving

Method

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Nutrition per serving

Calories
380
Protein
28 g
Carbs
12 g
Fat
24 g

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