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The Best Chicken Soup, Balkan-Style

This recipe makes one of the best chicken soups I have ever tasted! It has a beautiful golden colour, a wonderfully rich texture and it is full of lovely flavours. It is nourishing and comforting.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine Balkan
Servings 6
Calories 250 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 700 g chicken breasts
  • 1.5 litres chicken stock
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 1/2 red sweet bell pepper
  • 1/2 yellow sweet bell pepper
  • 3 tomatoes finely chopped
  • 1 handful soup pasta
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 parsley root (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon savoury spice
  • 1 small bunch fresh parsley chopped
  • 1/2 lemon juiced
  • salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cut the chicken breast into small cubes and seal the chicken pieces in a pan with hot oil. When you are finished, keep the oil you will need it again later.
  • Heat chicken stock in a deep pot. Add parsley root to the stock. Transfer the chicken to the hot stock. Let the stock with the chicken simmer for 25-30 minutes.
  • Clean and chop the vegetables. Heat the oil used to seal the chicken. Sauté the chopped onion for 2 minutes. Add the chopped carrots, potatoes, peppers and tomatoes to the pan and sauté all the vegetables for further 2-3 minutes. Transfer the par-cooked vegetables to the pot with the broth. Simmer for another 10-15 minutes.
  • Add the soup pasta. Let the soup simmer gently for 10 minutes.
  • Prepare the thickening mixture by whisking an egg yolk with 2-3 tablespoons of yoghurt. It is important to raise the temperature of the yoghurt-yolk mixture before you add it to the soup. You can do that by adding a couple of tablespoons of hot liquid from the soup to the yoghurt mixture while mixing it well. That will prevent the yoghurt and the yoke from curdling.
  • Add the yoghurt-yolk mixture to the soup and let it simmer for another few minutes.
  • Serve the soup hot with a splash of lemon juice, chopped parsley and freshly ground black pepper on the top.

Notes

Nutrition Facts

Serving 208 g: Calories: 250 kcal | Carbs 26 g | Dietary Fibre 2g | Sugar 3g | Fat 6g | Saturated 3 g | Polyunsaturated 1g | Monounsaturated 2g | Protein 22 g | Sodium 67 mg | Cholesterol 94 mg
 
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