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🍽️ Soothing Chicken Vegetable Soup

824 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Rinse the chicken under running water.
  2. 2. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
  3. 3. Place the chicken in a large pot.
  4. 4. Cover the meat with cold water.
  5. 5. Bring the water to a boil.
  6. 6. Reduce the heat to very low.
  7. 7. Simmer the broth gently for about 2 hours.
  8. 8. Remove the rising foam regularly with a spoon.
  9. 9. Peel one onion.
  10. 10. Insert bay leaves and cloves into the onion.
  11. 11. Add the prepared onion to the soup after 30 minutes.
  12. 12. Wash the lovage.
  13. 13. Add the washed lovage to the pot along with the onion.
  14. 14. Cover the pearl barley with water.
  15. 15. Simmer the pearl barley gently for about 40 minutes.
  16. 16. Check if the pearl barley is tender.
  17. 17. Let the peas thaw.
  18. 18. Clean the leek.
  19. 19. Wash the leek.
  20. 20. Cut the leek into rings.
  21. 21. Peel the carrots.
  22. 22. Slice the carrots.
  23. 23. Wash the celery.
  24. 24. Remove the tough parts from the celery.
  25. 25. Slice the celery.
  26. 26. Lift the chicken out of the broth.
  27. 27. Let the chicken drain.
  28. 28. Set the chicken aside to cool down.
  29. 29. Line a sieve with a clean kitchen towel.
  30. 30. Strain the broth through the sieve into a clean pot.
  31. 31. Measure out exactly 1 liter of broth.
  32. 32. Save the remaining broth for other dishes.
  33. 33. Remove the fat from the surface of the broth, if present.
  34. 34. Bring the broth to a boil.
  35. 35. Season the broth with salt and pepper.
  36. 36. Add the prepared vegetables to the soup.
  37. 37. Simmer everything gently for about 10 minutes.
  38. 38. Remove the meat from the chicken bones.
  39. 39. Peel the skin off the meat.
  40. 40. Cut or shred the meat into small, bite-sized pieces.
  41. 41. Add the meat to the soup.
  42. 42. Add the drained pearl barley to the soup.
  43. 43. Let the soup just heat through.
  44. 44. Do not cook the soup further.
  45. 45. Taste the soup one last time to adjust seasoning.
  46. 46. Serve the soup warm.

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