Cream of Chicken and Vegetable Soup |
2 lbs chicken
stock
6 cups water
1 thick celery, chopped
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1 clove garlic, sliced
1 small onion, chopped
Soup
1 medium carrot
1 tbsp oil
1 medium onion, sliced
1 cup button mushrooms, sliced
¼ cup plain flour
⅔ cup milk
1 cup cream
½ cup snow peas, thinly sliced
3 medium tomatoes, peeled, seeded, chopped
1 tbsp soy sauce
salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
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1. Make Stock:
Wipe over and dry chicken. Using poultry shears, cut chicken into
breasts, thighs, legs and wings. Place in a large
heavy-based pan with water, celery, peppercorn, bay
leaf, garlic and onion. Bring to boil; reduce heat
and simmer, covered, for 1
¼ hours. Remove from
heat; cool slightly. Strain, reserve stock and
chicken; discard onion mixture. (You will need 5 cups
of stock for this recipe.) |
3.
Cut reserved chicken into thin strips. Add chicken,
cream, snow peas, tomatoes, and soy sauce to soup.
Stir until heated through. Season to taste. Serve
hot.
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2.
Make Soup:
Cut
carrot into matchstick strips. Heat oil in a large
heavy-based pan; add onion, carrot and mushrooms.
Cook, stirring, over low heat until onion is tended,
stir in stock and blended flour and milk. Bring to
boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring, until
slightly thickened. |
Serves 6.
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