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Chicken soup

Name: Chicken soup
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 Huhn; 4 Karotte; ½ Sellerie; 2 Zwiebel; 2 Peterwurzen; 3 Scheiben Ingwer; 2 EL Senfkörner; 1 EL Pfefferkörner; 1 EL Pimentkörner; 1 EL Salz; 2 Lorbeerblatt; 2 Sternanis; Schnittlauch

Seasonality: 27%.

Ingredients for 8 persons: 1 Chicken, 4 Carrots, ½ Celery, 2 Onions, 2 Root parsley, 3 slices Ginger, 2 tbsp Mustard seeds, 1 tbsp Peppercorns, 1 tbsp Allspice berries, 1 tbsp Salt, 2 Bay leaves, 2 Star anise, Chives

Nutrition per serving View details

Carbohydrates: 9 g Protein: 34 g Fat: 10 g Fiber: 6 g

Energy: 250 kcal (1,046 kJ)

Preparation of Chicken soup

Meat

4 L cold Water
1 Chicken

Separate the legs and wings from 1 Chicken. (I don't use a soup chicken but - because of the finer taste - a standard chicken) Cut out the fillet. The fillet and upper leg meat should be used for other dishes. Place the legs, wings, carcass and offal in a pan. Deliver with 4 L cold Water.

Clarify

Bring the water to the boil. Important: the water must only ever simmer gently, never boil. Strain the rising foam several times using a sieve or scoop. This takes about 30 - 45 minutes.

Roast onion

2 Onions

In the meantime, fry the onion. Halve 2 Onions (with the skin) at the equator and roast in a pan without fat until brown. Deglaze with water and set aside.

Vegetables and spices

4 Carrots
½ Celery
2 Root parsley
3 slices Ginger
2 tbsp Mustard seeds
1 tbsp Peppercorns
1 tbsp Allspice berries
2 Bay leaves
2 Star anise

When no more foam forms, add the vegetables, herbs and spices. Add ½ Celery, 4 Carrots, 2 Root parsley and the onion (with the water) to the soup. Also 2 Bay leaves, 2 tbsp Mustard seeds, 1 tbsp Peppercorns, 1 tbsp Allspice berries, 2 Star anise and 3 slices Ginger[Simmering.

Strain & season

1 tbsp Salt

Remove the vegetables and meat. Strain the soup, discard the herbs and spices. Remove the chicken meat from the bones. Season the soup with 1 tbsp Salt.

Serve

Chives

Cut the vegetables into small pieces. Serve the chicken soup with the vegetables, meat and side dish of your choice and garnish with 1 bunch of chopped Chives.

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Chicken soup photos

Add cold water to chicken meat

Skim off the rising foam

Roast halved onion without fat until brown

Slowly simmer the chicken soup with spices and vegetables.

The strained chicken soup

The finished chicken soup, served with vegetables, meat and chives

Nutrition per serving

Reference amount: 1 serving

Composition

Carbohydrates 16% Protein 61% Fat 18% Fiber 11%

Carbohydrates: 9 g
Protein: 34 g
Fat: 10 g
Fiber: 6 g

Energy

250 kcal

1,046 kJ

Questions about Chicken soup

How many kcal does Chicken soup have?: One serving of Chicken soup provides 250 kcal.
How many carbs does Chicken soup contain?: One serving of Chicken soup contains 9 g of carbs.
How much protein does Chicken soup contain?: One serving of Chicken soup contains 34 g of protein.
How much fat does Chicken soup contain?: One serving of Chicken soup contains 10 g of fat.
How much fiber does Chicken soup contain?: One serving of Chicken soup contains 6 g of fiber.