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Recipe For Chicken Soup
Chicken soup is truly food for the soul.
Recipe Category:
Soup
Makes enough for:
4
people
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Adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi's Jerusalem page 145
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Ingredients
day 1
7.5
mls
canola oil
1
large
chicken, quartered
250
mls
white wine
500
mls
bone broth
2
medium
carrots, thickly sliced
250
g
celery, thickly sliced
2
onions, peeled and quartered
1
whole fennel including the fronds, thickly sliced
10
g
fresh flat leaf parsley
30
g
fresh coriander
10
g
tarragon
1
sprig rosemary
3
bay leaves
30
g
fresh root ginger, thinly sliced
20
black peppercorns
5
allspice berries
day 2
50
g
fresh root ginger, thinly sliced
20
g
fresh coriander
Method
day 1
Place the oil into a large stock pot and heat over a high temperature
Add the chicken to the pot and brown all over
Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside
Wipe the pot using paper towel to get rid of the excess fat
Place the wine into the pot and bring to the boil
Boil for 1 minute and then place the chicken back in the pot
Add the bone broth, reduce the temperature and bring to a gentle simmer
Simmer for 10 minutes, skimming away any scum that forms
Add the carrots, celery, onions and fennel
Tie the parsley, coriander, tarragon and rosemary together
Add to the pot with the bay leaves, ginger, peppercorns and allspice
Bring back to a simmer and cook for 90 minutes
If any scum forms, skim it off and add water if necessary to keep everything covered
Turn the stove off and leave the soup to cool overnight
day 2
Remove the bundle of herbs and discard
Remove the chicken and pick the meat off the bones
Set the chicken aside with a ladle of the soup to keep the meat moist *
Set the bones aside
Strain the soup through a muslin cloth
Place the soup back into the pot with the bones, ginger and coriander
Bring to a gentle simmer over a low temperature
Simmer for 1 hour
Strain through a muslin cloth
Return the soup back to the pot and heat before serving
Notes
* you can serve the chicken with the soup if you are not making knaidlach. Or you can use the chicken to make a variety of dishes.