Chicken soup

Name: Chicken soup
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: 60 g (2 oz) celery; 250 g (8 oz) potatoes; 60 g (2 oz) green beans; 60 g (2 oz) peas; 60 g (2 oz) unsalted butter; 60 g (2 oz) cabbage; 60 g (2 oz) turnips; 1 leek, quartered lengthways; 90 g (3 oz) carrots; 1 onion, quartered; 1 carrot, quartered lengthways; 1 chicken, weighing 1.8 kg (3 lb 10 oz), trussed; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 celery stick, halved; bouquet garni; 60 g (2 oz) leeks; 8 large chicken wings, cut into quarters

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

Chicken

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1997

About

There are few dishes as comforting as chicken soup—serve with crusty bread for instant inner warmth. This one, with its mirepoix of tiny chopped vegetables, is elegant enough for dinner with guests.

Ingredients

1 chicken, weighing 1.8 kg (3 lb 10 oz),

Dinner
Gluten-free
Soup

Method

Place the chicken and wings in a large stockpot and cover with 6 litres water. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, skimming off any fat. Add the quartered carrot, onion, leek, halved celery, bouquet garni and salt and simmer for 35 minutes. Remove t