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Best Chicken Soup Recipe

Sarah
Warm your soul with this comforting and nourishing Best Chicken Soup Recipe, made with tender chicken, aromatic vegetables, and fragrant herbs. This hearty soup is perfect for chilly days or whenever you need a comforting bowl of goodness.
5 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Australian
Servings 6
Calories 374 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg chicken drumsticks
  • 1 brown onion finely diced
  • 1 leek thinly sliced
  • 1 fennel bulb thinly sliced, a smallish one, about the size of a fist, or half a large one.
  • 2 carrots finely diced
  • 2 celery stalks finely diced
  • ⅛ or 1 cup green cabbage thinly sliced
  • 6 garlic cloves finely diced
  • 2 bay leaf
  • 1.5 litres chicken stock
  • ½ cup dill finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 180C
  • Bring a large cast iron (or oven safe) pot to medium/high heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and add to the pot. Fry on each side until browned then remove from the pot and leave aside.
  • Add another tablespoon of olive oil to the pot then add the onions, leek and fennel with a pinch of salt. Sauté these for 3 - 5 minutes then add the celery, carrot, and garlic and sauté for a further 3 - 5 minutes.
  • Mix through the cabbage and sauté for a further minute then add the bay leafs and the browned chicken to the pot. Pour over the chicken stock, give it a rough mix to combine, pop the lid on and place in the oven for 2 hours.
  • After 2 hours, take the soup out of the oven. The meat should be falling off the bone. Get 2 bowls, one for the meat and one for the bones and seperate the drumsticks into the two. Add the meat back to the soup and stir through with the dill.
  • Depending on how much liquid evaporated, you may want to add an extra cup or two of water or stock. Adjust with salt and pepper as needed too.
  • Serve with some buttery toasted sourdough and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 374kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 27gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.05gCholesterol: 110mgSodium: 521mgPotassium: 840mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 4066IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 72mgIron: 2mg
Keyword chicken recipe, chicken soup
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