Chicken Clear Soup

Great for your taste buds and perfect for a sore throat and flu, clear chicken soup is a must-have recipe for every household! With chicken and other few handy ingredients from your pantry, this soup can be rustled up within 20 minutes. It tastes delicious when served warm! Store it in a casserole until it’s time to serve or eat, so you can enjoy warm scoops of this comforting soup!

Looking for a comfort dish that you can cook for a television binge-watching day? Here is a recipe that you are not letting go of anytime soon!

Health Benefits

Onions are packed with nutrients that are essential for staying fit and healthy. It contains a flavonoid, quercetin, that help in fighting off cardiovascular diseases and Alzheimer’s disease. It also reduces the risk of stroke and heart attack.

Ingredients

skinless and boneless chicken breast, cut into small cubes: 1

large onion – finely chopped: 1

ml water: 500

large carrot, peeled and chopped: 1

garlic cloves, minced: 4

teaspoon thyme, freshly ground: 1

inch ginger piece (crushed): 1

medium red or green chili, fine chopped: 1

teaspoon soy sauce: 2

bay leaf: 1

teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground: 1/4

tablespoon corn flour: 1

salt to taste

Cilantro leaves

Coriander leaves.

spring onions—chopped

red chili, fine chopped: 1

How To Make Chicken Clear Soup

1. To a bowl, add corn flour, water to make a thick paste. Set it aside.
2. Wash chicken thoroughly. You can add 2 tablespoons of vinegar to get rid of its rawness. Chop it into small cubes.
3. Add chicken cubes to a pressure cooker along with salt and black pepper.
4. Add onion, garlic, ginger, bay leaf, chili, carrot, thyme, water and pressure cook until a whistle.
5. Simmer and cook for another 10 minutes.
6. Turn off the heat. When the pressure subsides, drain the stock discarding the vegetables.
7. Remove the chicken cubes and shred them into smaller pieces.
8. Transfer clear soup to a cooking pan and add a few pieces of chicken and corn flour paste. Simmer and cook until soup thickens.
9. Garnish with coriander leaves, cilantro leaves, spring onions, and chopped red chili.
10. Serve hot and enjoy!

Trivia

Why does chopping an onion makes your tear glands all worked up? Onions release sulfuric acid that reacts with eyes and produces tears.