Hearty and Creamy Chicken Soup
Turn a couple of fresh chicken breasts into a hearty and wholesome creamy chicken soup for the perfect winter meal.
07/06/2022
Everyone in the family will love this hearty, wholesome, and creamy chicken soup made from fresh ingredients. It is packed with taste and filled with a variety of vegetables with spices to tickle the taste buds. It's the perfect meal for a cold winter's day. For little ones in the family who do not like foods that are too spicy, leave out the cajun spice and chilli powder for a milder but still spicy creamy chicken soup.
YOU NEED NEED:
2 chicken breasts, skin removed
1 litre(s) chicken stock
15 ml butter
45 ml olive oil
onion , half chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 carrots, medium chopped
100 g mushrooms, cut in half
10 ml ground paprika
2.5 ml thyme
7.5 ml garlic powder
7.5 ml cajun spice
5 ml ground cumin
2.5 ml chilli powder
5 ml garlic powder
2.5 ml chilli flakes
2 bay leaves
80 ml milk
60 g LANCEWOOD® Mature Cheddar, grated
60 ml LANCEWOOD® Medium Fat Plain Cream Cheese
FOR GARNISH:
12 g fresh parsley, chopped
Seasoning to taste
HERE'S HOW:
- Use a paper kitchen towel to pat dry the
chicken breasts.
- Sprinkle both sides of the chicken
breast with garlic powder, paprika, thyme, and
cajun spice.
- Place the spiced chicken breasts in a
medium pot and add the olive oil and butter
and cook on medium heat.
- Sear both sides of the chicken breasts until golden brown
and then remove from the heat and set aside.
- In the empty pot, add butter, chopped onions,
chopped celery stalks, and carrots and mix.
- Fry for 6 to 7 minutes until softened,
adding the powdered spices: chilli powder, garlic
powder and chilli flakes.
- Return the chicken breasts to the pot and
add the chicken stock, halved mushrooms and bay
leaves and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Removing the chicken breasts from the
pot, shred this and place back into the pot.
- Add the dairy ingredients and heat for 5 minutes.
- Garnish with parsley and season to taste.