Chicken and vegetable soup

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Abi Reid
20 Dec 2023

A fabulous, family friendly recipe from our Love Food Hate Waste chef, Clover Hutson.

 

This tasty soup is a lovely batch recipe to freeze and have ready for lunches and evening meals simply portion it into tubs after cooking and label before freezing.  To make it veggie or vegan just remove the meat and use vegetable stock instead.

Two bowls of chunky chicken and veg soup with crusty bread and more portions ready to freeze

Makes: 8 servings

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 35-40 minutes

 

Ingredients

2 tbsp of oil
4 chicken thighs diced small
1 onion diced
2 bay leaves
2 tsp of dried mixed herbs
2 leeks diced
3 carrots diced
1 celeriac diced
4 sticks of celery sliced
50g of rice
300ml of chicken stock
100g frozen peas
Salt and pepper

 

Method

  1. In a large saucepan warm the oil and add the chicken and onion, start to cook and seal the chicken pieces.
  2. Now add the bay, herbs and all the veg, stir well and coat in the herbs.
  3. Add the rice and chicken stock. Simmer for 30 minutes.
  4. Lastly add the salt and pepper to taste and the frozen peas.
  5. Once thick turn off the heat and cool completely before putting into tubs for the freezer.
  6. Defrost fully and re-heat well before serving.

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