Chicken Noodle Soup

Name: Chicken Noodle Soup (Lapsha)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 1 small chicken; 1.5 litres/2½ pints/6¼ cups water; 1 onion, cut into wedges; 1 carrot, peeled and sliced; 1 parsnip, peeled and sliced; 1 leek, white parts only, cut into chunks; 45 ml/3 tbsp finely chopped parsley, to garnish; 60 ml/4 tbsp smetana or crème fraîche, to serve; 60 ml/4 tbsp smetana or crème fraîche, to serve; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups plain white (all-purpose) flour; 1 egg; 30-45 ml/2-3 tbsp cold water; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp salt

Lapsha

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

The Russians are masters at making a good stock and this recipe is a good example. It is said that the stock should be translucent and as clear as a teardrop.

Ingredients

1 small chicken
1.5 litres/2½ pints/6¼ cups <

Europe
Russia
Soup
Low sugar
Low fat
High protein
Low sodium

Method

Put the chicken in a large pan, add the water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Skim the surface. Add the onion, carrot, parsnip, leek and salt to the pan, cover and simmer over a low-medium heat for 45 minutes, or until the chicken is tender.
Using a slotted spoon, remove the vegetables from the pan and discard. Transfer the chic

Energy 427kcal/1805kJ; Protein 54.5g; Carbohydrate 40.2g, of which sugars 7.8g; Fat 6.4g, of which saturates 1.7g; Cholesterol 152mg; Calcium 76mg; Fibre 5.3g; Sodium 237mg.