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Mizna's Signature Chicken Soup

This soup is warm, creamy and aromatic. It's basically comfort in a bowl. It contains plenty of chicken shreds, making you feel satisfied even without any bread on the side.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 4
Course: Soup
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 small whole chicken with skin (substitute: 1 kg thighs, legs or wings)
  • 3 medium carrots
  • 2 medium potatoes
  • 1 medium brown onion
  • ½ yellow/red bell pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 4 cm piece of ginger
  • 10-15 black peppercorns
  • 1 small cinnamon stick
  • 4 green cardamom pods
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • 2 liters water

Method
 

  1. Peel and roughly dice/chop the carrots, potatoes and onion. Peel and crush the garlic with a knife and roughly chop the ginger.
  2. In a big pot add the chicken at the bottom, followed by all the vegetables,spices and salt.
  3. Add 2 liters of water to the pot and bring it to boil on high heat.
  4. After it boils, lower the heat and cover with a slightly tilted lid. Cook for 30 minutes.
  5. Turn the heat off and take out all the chicken pieces and the bay leaves, leaving the vegetables inside the pot. Keep the chicken aside and let it cool down.Discard the bay leaves.
  6. In the meanwhile, puree the vegetables using a stab mixer until smooth.
  7. Once the chicken is cool enough to handle, take the skin off and shred it into pieces of desired size.
  8. Add the chicken back to the pot and bring it to boil again. Let it cook for 5 minutes.
  9. Garnish with some chopped coriander and drizzle some lemon juice. Add some chili flakes or roasted cumin for some extra heat.

Notes

  • You could add any other vegetables of your choice also, along with the ones used here.
  • You can puree the vegetables also using a blender . Make sure to cool the vegetables down before adding them to the blender.
  • Add some dried red chili if you like it spicy.