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🍽️ Soothing Chicken Soup with Egg and Herbs
1078 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 stalk leek
- 2 carrots
- 200 g celeriac
- 1 soup hen (approx. 1,2 kg)
- 1 tsp white peppercorns
- 3 clove buds
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 1 handful parsley
- 3 spring onions
- 3 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 eggs
- salt
- pepper (from the mill)
Instructions
- 1. Peel the onion and cut it horizontally in half.
- 2. Place the onion halves cut-side down in a large pot.
- 3. Brown the onions dark brown on the hot stove.
- 4. Thoroughly wash the leek, carrots, and celery.
- 5. Peel the celery and clean the leek.
- 6. Cut the vegetables into coarse pieces.
- 7. Rinse the chicken under running water.
- 8. Pour about 2 liters of cold water into the pot with the onions.
- 9. Add the chicken, the prepared vegetables, and the spices to the pot.
- 10. Add 2 to 3 stalks of parsley to the soup.
- 11. Let the soup simmer for about 2.5 hours over low heat.
- 12. Keep the temperature just below the boiling point.
- 13. Skim off the rising foam as needed.
- 14. Add some water if necessary.
- 15. Ensure the chicken is always just covered with liquid.
- 16. Remove the chicken from the finished broth.
- 17. Let the chicken cool down.
- 18. Remove the skin from the chicken.
- 19. Carefully separate the meat from the bones.
- 20. Shred the meat into bite-sized pieces.
- 21. Distribute the chicken meat onto four soup bowls.
- 22. Strain the broth through a sieve into a clean pot.
- 23. Rinse the remaining parsley and shake it dry.
- 24. Cut the parsley leaves into fine strips.
- 25. Wash and clean the spring onions.
- 26. Slice the spring onions into fine rings.
- 27. Add the spring onions to the broth.
- 28. Stir the starch smoothly into a small amount of cold water.
- 29. Pour the starch mixture along with the soy sauce and vinegar into the soup.
- 30. Stir the soup with a whisk.
- 31. Bring the soup to a brief boil.
- 32. Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl.
- 33. Reduce the heat of the soup so it is no longer boiling vigorously.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 1078
- Protein: 76 g · Fett/Fat: 79 g · Carbs: 16 g