Chicken and Vegetable Clear Soup
A comforting and healthy clear soup with chicken and various vegetables, flavored with ginger, garlic, and lemongrass.
Ingredients
- oil
- chicken
- ginger
- garlic
- water
- lemongrass
- salt
- oil
- onion
- garlic
- carrot
- beans
- mushrooms
- pepper
- cornflour
- water
- capful vinegar
- spring onions
Method
- 1
Heat a dash of oil in a pan.
- 2
Add 250 grams of chicken with bone, 1 inch of ginger, and a few cloves of garlic. Cook until the chicken turns white.
- 3
Add 1 liter of water to create the chicken broth.
- 4
Add lemongrass for flavor.
- 5
Season with salt to taste.
- 6
Bring the broth to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 25-30 minutes.
- 7
After 25 minutes, the broth is ready. Sieve out the broth and shred the chicken.
- 8
In the same pan, add another dash of oil.
- 9
Add 1 chopped onion and a teaspoon of garlic. Sauté.
- 10
Add chopped carrots and beans.
- 11
Add mushrooms and cook for a bit.
- 12
Add the shredded chicken.
- 13
Pour in the chicken stock.
- 14
Adjust salt and add pepper.
- 15
Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- 16
(Optional) Mix 1 teaspoon of cornflour with some water to create a slurry. Add it to the soup to thicken it.
- 17
Add a capful of vinegar.
- 18
Garnish with spring onions.
- 19
Let the soup simmer for 2-3 minutes. Your chicken and vegetable soup is ready.
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