Friday 26 January 2018

Simple Soup

A very cheap to make easy recipe for a chicken soup. Feeds 4.

Ingredients

1 chicken breast

1 courgette 

3 fluffy potatoes (Maris Piper)

1 onion

1 clove of garlic

Pinch of dry thyme

2 chicken stock cubes 

I litre hot water

Knob of butter and a splash of oil.


Method 

Peel onion, garlic and potatoes. Chop onion, potatoes, chicken and courgette into roughly 2cm cubes. Crush garlic. Put butter and oil in a pan and add thyme, cook for 1 minute. Add onion, continue to cook till soft and golden, add garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add chicken continue cooking until opaque. Add the veg and cook for a further 2 minutes stiring well. Dissolve stock cubes in boiled water, add, cover and simmer for 1 hour, add parsley for the last 5 minutes of cooking season to taste, blend or eat chunky with lots of fresh bread.