Joyce Goldstein

Canja

Portuguese Chicken Soup With Rice

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
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The Mediterranean Kitchen

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

  • About

What could be easier or simpler or more nurturing? This is Portuguese penicillin. If you start with a good rich chicken stock, you will find this soup a tonic.

Ingredients

  • 5 cups reduced Chicken Stock (see Note)
  • 1 cup water
  • 1

Method

Mix 1 cup chicken stock and 1 cup water in a small heavy saucepan. Heat to boiling. Stir in the rice, reduce the heat, and simmer covered until all the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.

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