Chicken Soup [2021-08-28]

Ingredients

• 1 large carrot + 1 additional carrot for later
• 2 onions
• 2-3 stalks of celery
• 1 leek

• a dozen or more button mushrooms

• 800 grams of boneless chicken

• chicken stock for 1.5L liquid
• 1L water
• 250 white cooking wine
• a splash of cream

• bay leaves
• fresh thyme
• salt
• pepper

• potatoes

Instructions

• Slice the vegetables and put in a large pot with a small amount of some cooking grease
• Put the pot on medium heat and gently brown the vegetables. You should see a gentle column of steam rising from the vegetables (and smell something delicious)
• Quart the mushrooms and put in a skillet, sear on high heat to get rid of the water in them
• Put the mushrooms with the vegetables

• Cut and the chicken into mouth-sized pieces and quickly brown at medium-high heat, salt and pepper as you go
• Put the chicken with the vegetables

• Add wine, water, chicken stock to the pot
• Add a few bay leaves
• Make a bouquet garni with the thyme and a carrot (i.e. tie the thyme to a carrot with some cooking twine) -- or just toss it in there if you haven't got the twine or patience.
• Bring to a simmer and let it simmer for as long as you have patience, at least 30 minutes but ideally 2+ hours.

• 20 minutes before serving, peel and cut potatoes and add to the soup.
• Add a splash of cream
• Taste and add more salt if necessary
• Fish out the bouquet
• Serve

Illustrations

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Mushrooms

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Bouquet Garni

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