Lemongrass with Old Chicken Soup (香茅老母鸡汤）

Ingredients：

1 whole old chicken
200 g lemon grass (15 cm long)
200 g shallots
1 carot
1 tablespoon black pepper powder
4 pcs dried asam gelugor
water

Methods:

1.  Remove the skin and fats of an old chicken.
2.  Clean and cut into 8 pieces.
3.  Flap the lemon grass and cut into piece of 15 cm.
4.  Remove shallots skin and rinse.
5.  Peel a carrot, cut into big pieces.
6.  Place all ingredients into a pot.
7.  Pour in water until all ingredients about 1 cm submerged.
8.  Put in a tablespoon of blackpepper powder and dried asam.
9.  Bring to boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and cook for 4 hours.
10.  Add salt to taste.
11.  Top up water if necessary.

The chicken in the recipe can be replace by Atlantis Mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) a.k.a ikan kembong.  Cooking time reduce to 2 hours and the fish boil during the last 20 minutes.  Add more dried asam.