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🍲 Saffron Vegetable Soup
262 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 75 g orzo pasta (or other soup noodles)
- salt
- 150 g chicken breast fillet
- 425 ml Mediterranean vegetable broth (or vegetable broth)
- 160 g small carrots (2 small carrots)
- 150 g small zucchini (1 small zucchini)
- 1 bulb fennel
- 0.1 g saffron threads (1 packet)
- pepper
Instructions
- 1. Bring plenty of water to a boil and add salt.
- 2. Cook the pasta al dente according to the package instructions.
- 3. Drain the pasta and rinse it briefly with cold water.
- 4. Let the pasta drain well.
- 5. Rinse the chicken breast fillet under running water.
- 6. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
- 7. Cut the chicken meat into approx. 1 cm cubes.
- 8. Add the chicken cubes and the broth to a pot.
- 9. Heat the mixture over medium heat until it boils.
- 10. Let the broth simmer with the chicken for 5 minutes.
- 11. Lift the chicken cubes out of the broth with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- 12. Pour the hot broth through a fine sieve into a second pot.
- 13. Wash the carrots and the zucchini thoroughly.
- 14. Remove the hard ends and any damaged parts from the vegetables.
- 15. Peel the carrots.
- 16. Cut the carrots into thin strips.
- 17. Cut the zucchini into thin strips as well.
- 18. Wash the fennel thoroughly.
- 19. Remove the hard stalks and old leaves.
- 20. Save the green fennel fronds for later.
- 21. Halve the fennel bulb.
- 22. Cut the fennel bulb into thin strips.
- 23. Bring the broth in the second pot back to a boil.
- 24. Add the carrots, the zucchini, and the fennel to the boiling broth.
- 25. Add the saffron to the soup.
- 26. Cook the vegetables for 2 minutes over medium heat.
- 27. Add the prepared chicken cubes back into the soup.
- 28. Simmer the soup for another 3 minutes.
- 29. Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.
- 30. Add the drained pasta briefly to the hot soup to warm them up.
- 31. Ladle the soup into deep bowls.
- 32. Finely chop the saved fennel fronds.
- 33. Sprinkle the fennel fronds over the finished soup.
- 34. Serve the soup immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 262
- Protein: 26 g · Fett/Fat: 2 g · Carbs: 32 g