CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP
 
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Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • Chicken carcass or 4 chicken pieces on the bone
  • 1 onion
  • 3 carrots
  • 4 potatoes
  • Bouquet garni made with basil, parsley, oregano, and sage
  • Or pinch of mixed dried herbs
  • 2 bay leaves
  • ½ teaspoon pepper corns
  • 1½litres water
  • 4 teaspoons chicken stock powder
Instructions
  1. Place chicken into a large pot with the whole onion, carrots, bouquet garni and water. Allow to simmer on medium heat for 1 hour until most of the chicken has fallen off the bone. Remove from the heat and take the carcass or bones out. Strip the bones of all the meat and throw the carcass away.
  2. The chicken meat is then returned to the pot with the potatoes and chicken stock powder and cooked for a further 20 minutes or until the potatoes are soft.
  3. Allow to cool slightly before blending the soup with a blender. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  4. The soup can be thinned out with water if it is too thick for your liking.
Recipe by Shades of Cinnamon at https://www.shadesofcinnamon.com/thick-winter-warming-soups/