Name: Canja (Portuguese Chicken Soup With Rice)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: 5 cups reduced Chicken Stock (see Note); 1 cup water; 1 cup long-grain or basmati rice; 1 whole chicken breast, bones and skin removed; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 6 tablespoons chopped fresh mint; ¼ cup fresh lemon juice

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

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
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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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