ABC Soup Recipe
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A healthy, low fat soup made with carrot, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, celery and chicken. Suitable for the entire family.
Author: Yvonne Oh
Recipe type: Slow Simmer Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 400g fresh chicken-on-the-bone (skin removed)
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
- 2 tomatoes, quartered
- 2 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 - 2 celery sticks - cut into 1 inch pieces (optional)
- 1 large onion, roughly cut or quartered
- 20g ikan bilis (dried anchovies) - rinsed
- 8 cups water or just enough to submerge all the ingredients by about an inch
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Blanch the chicken parts in a pot of boiling water to get rid of excess scum and oil. After about 5 minutes, remove from the pot. Rinse and drain. Set aside.
- Place the parboiled chicken and the rest of the ingredients into a thermal cooker. Bring to a vigorous boil and then simmer for about 45 minutes. Turn off the fire and cover with lid.
- Transfer the inner pot into the outer pot of the thermal cooker and leave it inside for 2 hours.
- Season with salt and serve.
Cooking Notes
1. Add in ½ tsp of crushed peppercorn if you like a little heat in your soup.
2. If you are using a regular stovetop pot, after step 1, bring the soup to a boil then simmer for around 1.5 hours or until the chicken is tender.
2. If you are using a regular stovetop pot, after step 1, bring the soup to a boil then simmer for around 1.5 hours or until the chicken is tender.
Recipe by Souper Diaries at https://souperdiaries.com/abc-soup/