Chicken Potato Soup

Straightforward and comforting, this hen potato soup recipe is spiced with turmeric for color and well being advantages and is flavour-packed and oh-so hearty. That includes onions, garlic, carrots, hen, and potatoes, and is completed with a superb dollop of bitter cream for tang and additional creaminess, this golden soup will delight your tastebuds.

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Golden Rooster Potato Soup

My recipe for hen potato soup is a more healthy model of the extra widespread creamy, tacky recipes you will see on-line. But, it’s simply as hearty and had a beautiful thick texture from the starch within the potatoes, slightly addition of bitter cream (good supply of probiotics!) and flour.

I wish to name it ‘golden soup’ because it has a good looking yellow, nearly glowing color from the turmeric spice in addition to the carrots. As soon as cooked, the soup will get slightly mashed so all these yummy flavours get integrated into each spoonful.

It’s a scrumptious and straightforward soup to make good for these cooler days. I hope you take pleasure in my potato hen soup as a lot as my entire household did!

And when you love flavour-packed soups, be certain to attempt my garlic hen soup or my roasted cherry tomato soup with mascarpone.

Components For This Soup

White potatoes – you should utilize any form however the starchier form is best for texture, reminiscent of Russet or brushed white potatoes in Australia. Ensure to chop them into small-ish cubes.

Rooster – 1 giant hen breast is a lot for this soup however you could possibly use 2 medium ones if you’d like it barely extra meaty. Ensure to chop the hen into small cubes, much like potatoes.

Soup flavour base – onions, carrots, celery and garlic – the same old suspects are all right here. The carrots will give it an additional yellow color.

Different: turmeric (for color and its anti-inflammatory properties), dried or contemporary thyme, salt, pepper, olive oil, butter, hen inventory cubes (or ready-made inventory) and bitter cream (for tang and creaminess). Not pictured, one tablespoon of flour (you should utilize gluten-free flour or arrowroot/tapioca starch), which is used to thicken the soup barely.

How To Make Rooster Potato Soup

Discover the complete recipe card with ingredient quantities, directions, and dietary information beneath these step-by-step pictures.

Cooking The Golden Soup

Step 1. Add olive oil, butter, onions, carrots, celery and salt to a big, heavy-bottom pot. Warmth over medium warmth and saute for quarter-hour till gentle and golden.

Step 2. Add the garlic, potatoes, hen, thyme, turmeric, and pepper and cook dinner for 1-2 minutes.

Step 3. Then add the hen inventory, stir and produce to a boil. Cook dinner for quarter-hour, lined, till potatoes are gentle.

Step 4. Use a potato masher to mash the potatoes and hen within the soup barely. You’re after chunky texture with a number of the potato starch integrated into the soup.

Step 5. Add the bitter cream and stir by way of. Carry on low warmth.

Step 6. Add a tablespoon of chosen flour to a bowl. Add about 1/4 cup of the soup liquid or heat water to the flour and whisk it with a fork till easy. Pour the flour slurry liquid again into the soup, stirring it in to thicken the broth barely extra.

End with contemporary coriander (cilantro) or parsley. I like coriander with this soup in order that’s what I might advocate however you could possibly additionally use parsley or dill right here.

Elective Toppings

I served this potato hen soup with fried Asian shallots and dry fried noodles for further texture. For those who’re retaining it gluten-free, you may also use some corn chips or gluten-free croutons, or go with out. A dollop of bitter cream on high and additional herbs are at all times beautiful.

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Ideas & Options

• If you wish to make this soup Whole30 or Paleo-friendly, use coconut cream as a substitute of bitter cream and add slightly lemon juice or lime juice for the tang that bitter cream would have in any other case supplied.
• Heavy cream or half/half can be utilized as a substitute of bitter cream, wherein case I counsel including slightly splash of lemon or lime juice for the tang. Greek yoghurt might additionally work right here.
• For a vegetarian model, attempt making the identical soup with chickpeas and potatoes.
• This soup may be made with hen thighs (with out the pores and skin) and even with leftover rotisserie hen. Be at liberty so as to add different greens like child spinach or broccoli, which may be added in direction of the tip of cooking.
• For those who like the concept of this recipe, you would possibly need to take a look at my turmeric zucchini soup, which is made with coconut milk and has an analogous vibe however is vegetarian-friendly and a bit lighter.

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Full Recipe 

Discover the complete record of elements, directions, and a dietary breakdown beneath. In case you have questions or cook dinner this recipe, please let me know within the feedback, and ensure to fee this recipe so it’s simple for others to search out.

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