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🍲 Cozy Chicken Soup with Leek and Root Vegetables

1074 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• yellow onions 1 pc.
• carrots 2 pc.
• soup chicken 1 pc.
• bay leaves, dried 1 pc.
• salt 1 tbsp
• potatoes, mostly firm 500 g
• leek 1 pc.
• celery stalks 0.25 pc.
• pepper, black ground pinch

Instructions

1. 1. Cut the onion in half and leave the skin on.
2. 2. Wash the carrots and cut them into large chunks.
3. 3. Thoroughly wash the soup chicken.
4. 4. Place the onion, carrots, chicken, and bay leaf into a large pot.
5. 5. Pour in about 2 liters of cold water until the chicken is covered.
6. 6. Slowly bring the soup to a boil over medium heat with the lid on.
7. 7. Reduce the heat as soon as the soup boils.
8. 8. Add 1 tablespoon of salt.
9. 9. Let the soup simmer gently for about 2 hours.
10. 10. Peel the potatoes and wash them.
11. 11. Dice the potatoes into small cubes.
12. 12. Cut off the root ends from the leeks.
13. 13. Cut the leeks in half lengthwise and wash them.
14. 14. Cut the leeks into thin strips.
15. 15. Wash the celery stalks.
16. 16. Cut the celery into thin strips as well.
17. 17. Remove the chicken from the soup after the cooking time.
18. 18. Strain the broth into a medium-sized pot through a sieve.
19. 19. Bring the broth back to a boil in the pot.
20. 20. Simmer the potatoes in the broth for about 5 minutes.
21. 21. Add the leek and the celery.
22. 22. Cook the vegetables for another 5 minutes.
23. 23. Return the soup chicken to the soup.
24. 24. Season the soup generously with salt and pepper.
25. 25. Serve the hot chicken soup with leek on plates.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 1074
• Protein: 65 g · Fett/Fat: 45 g · Carbs: 110 g