Chicken Soup

Easy comfort food to warm us in this freezing weather - Chicken Soup. The blended spices enhance the flavour of this chicken soup after a few minutes of sautéing in a well-heated wok. Fragrance was all over the kitchen. An approachable dish to feed the tummy at a cold evening. 

Serve: 2

Ingredients:

2 Chicken Thigh 

1 ltr Water

1 small Red Onion

3 cloves Garlic

2 cm Ginger

1 tsp Whole White Pepper

3 Star Anise

3 Clove

2 Carrot

2 Potatoes

2 unripe Tomatoes 

2 stalks Spring Onion

2 tsp Chicken Stock

Fried Shallot (Adjustable)

Method:

- Put red onion; garlic; ginger; whole white pepper in a food processor. Blend into paste.

- Heat up wok with a little bit of oil, saute the blended paste together with star anise and clove, until it turns golden.

- Boil water in a pot. Add in sautéed paste. Put in chicken; carrot; potatoes. Cook for about 20 minutes.

- Take out the cooked chicken, set aside. 

- Torn the chicken after it has cooled down, set aside.

- After 20 minutes of boiling, turn off the heat. Add in finely chopped spring onion; unripe tomatoes and fried shallot.

- Cover the pot and leave for 15 minutes.

- Garnish with the torn-chicken, serve immediately with rice/ individually.

Chilli

Ingredients:

10 Red Chillies

5 clove Garlic

3 Tbsp fresh Lemon Juice

1/2 tsp Salt

1 tsp Sugar

Method: 

- With mortal and pestle, crush the red chillies and garlic coarsely.

- Add lemon juice; salt and sugar. Mix well.

- Serve with the chicken soup

Happy Cooking!!

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