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Cram Cam
( Clear Chicken Soup with Shallots )

This dish is traditionally prepared after a cockfight, when the winner receives the losing chicken as a reward. ##

1 litre (4 cups) chicken stock
1/2 cup spice paste for chicken
1 teaspoon crushed black pepper
1 salam leaf
1 stalk lemon grass, bruised 400 g (13 oz) boneless chicken, skin removed and minced salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons fried shallots

Bring chicken stock to the boil in stockpot. Wrap chicken spice paste and black pepper into piece of cotton cloth and tie with string. Add this together with the salam leaf and lemon grass to soup and sim- mer for 10 minutes. Add minced chicken and continue to simmer for 15 minutes. Remove spice paste bundle from. the soup and discard. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with fried shallots.

Helpful hints: You can save time by buying minced or ground chicken. Wrapping the spice paste in a cloth will ensure that the soup is clear.

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