Oxtail soup is comfort food to feed your soul. This is Indonesian version, served with vegetables and rich but clear beef broth.
Oxtail soup is one of popular dish in Asian, one of them is Indonesia. We called it “sop buntut” in Indonesia. It is made with oxtail (beef tails), served with vegetables and beef broth. In Indonesian version the oxtail is boiled or pressure cooked until tender and then served with the broth and vegetables. The other ingredients are potatoes, carrots, celery, green onion, and fried shallots.
Some people may find it strange and refuse to eat oxtail soup because they might find it disgusting. But believe me, this recipe will change their mind. Once you taste the soup and the meat from the oxtail you will addicted to it.
Try this recipe for your dinner and served with warm rice, it absolutely will comfort your body. Hope you try making this recipe and tell me if you like it.
How to make oxtail soup:
Grind garlic, shallots, salt and fried shallots until smooth and evenly mix, then saute the paste with 1 tbsp cooking oil until aromatic and cooked. Set aside.
In a pressure cooker cook the oxtail and 2 L water with no lid until the water boil. Skim off the foam. Then close the lid and cook in high heat for 40 minutes.Turn off the heat. Open the lid but be careful.
Add potatoes, carrots, celery leaves, green onion, white pepper, fried spice paste, nutmeg, beef stock powder, salt, sugar, and 0,25 L water. Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes. Turn off the heat. Place the oxtail soup to the bowl for every portion. For garnish add celery leave. green onions and fried shallots.
Enjoy!
Oxtail Soup
Ingredients
- 400 g Oxtail
- 2,25 L Water
- 5 small Potatoes 1 inch cubed
- 1 large Carrot sliced
- 4 Shallot
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 2 tbsp Fried Shallot
- 1/4 tsp Grated Nutmeg
- 1 tsp White Pepper
- 1 tsp Beef Stock Powder
- 2 tbsp Green Onion chopped
- 2 tbsp Asian Celery Leaves chopped
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
Instructions
-
Grind garlic, shallots, salt and fried shallots until smooth and evenly mix, then saute the paste with 1 tbsp cooking oil until aromatic and cooked. Set aside.
-
In a pressure cooker cook the oxtail and 2 L water with no lid until the water boil. Skim off the foam. Then close the lid and cook in high heat for 40 minutes.
-
Turn off the heat. Open the lid but be careful.
-
Add potatoes, carrots, celery leaves, green onion, white pepper, fried spice paste, nutmeg, beef stock powder, salt, sugar, and 0,25 L water. Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes.
-
Turn off the heat. Place the oxtail soup to the bowl for every portion.
-
For garnish add celery leave. green onions and fried shallots.
-
Enjoy!
Max Bremer says
Oh what a great coincident. Me and my son wanted to make a sop buntut just like
we had in a restaurant in Bandung, Java in June 2019. I just picked the first one that looked
authentic and well disposed and only now after a great bowl of soup I read that this recipe is actually
from Bandung and posted by you in June 2019 😮 Thank you for a great recipe that brought us
back to Bandung from Helsinki in Finland. 😊😍
muchbutter says
Hello Max, wow what a great coincidence! Thank you for for visiting our blog and tried our recipe. 😊
a says
hi, what will be the steps if pressure cooker is not used.
muchbutter says
You can simmer it for 2 hours until the oxtail is tender. Add water in between cooking.