Soup - chicken
Preparation time:
Recipe highlights Serves: 10
- Suitable to freeze
- Store covered in fridge (under 5°C)
- Dairy free
- Gluten free
- Egg free
- Nut free
- Low salt
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Ingredients
- 1 large boiling chicken, quartered
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1/4 turnip, peeled and chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 leeks, peeled and chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
chopped parsley, to garnish
Cooking method
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1. Place quartered chicken in a large pot. Cover with water and simmer for 30 minutes.
2. Add vegetables, salt and pepper and cook slowly for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. (Alternately, pressure cook for 30 minutes.)
3. Strain through colander. Cool. Chill in refrigerator. Skim fat.
4. Serve reheated with matzoh balls, noodles or meat filled dumplings or just plain. Garnish with chopped parsley.
Nutritional facts
 | Average quantity per Serving | Average quantity per 100g |
| Weight (g) | 190.38g | 100.00g |
| Energy (kJ) | 662.36kJ | 347.93kJ |
| Protein (g) | 22.28g | 11.70g |
| Total fat (g) | 5.58g | 2.93g |
| - Saturated fat (g) | 1.70g | 0.89g |
| - Polyunsaturated fat (g) | 0.70g | 0.37g |
| - Monounsaturated fat (g) | 2.20g | 1.16g |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 66.00mg | 34.67mg |
| Carbohydrate-available (g) | 3.92g | 2.06g |
| CarbohydrateSE (g) | 3.62g | 1.90g |
| - Sugars (g) | 3.14g | 1.65g |
| Water (g) | 155.79g | 81.83g |
| Dietary fibre (g) | 1.96g | 1.03g |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.13mg | 0.07mg |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0.13mg | 0.07mg |
| Niacin (mg) | 5.45mg | 2.86mg |
| Niacin equivalents (mg) | 10.46mg | 5.49mg |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 6.64mg | 3.49mg |
| Total folate (ug) | 23.85ug | 12.53ug |
| Total vitamin A equivalents (ug) | 537.05ug | 282.10ug |
| Retinol (ug) | 16.00ug | 8.40ug |
| Beta carotene equivalents (ug) | 3122.18ug | 1640.01ug |
| Sodium (mg) | 103.85mg | 54.55mg |
| Potassium (mg) | 467.58mg | 245.61mg |
| Magnesium (mg) | 32.87mg | 17.27mg |
| Calcium (mg) | 35.78mg | 18.79mg |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 261.82mg | 137.53mg |
| Iron (mg) | 0.89mg | 0.47mg |
| Zinc (mg) | 0.99mg | 0.52mg |
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This recipe was orginally published as:
Chicken soup
Recipe publication date on: 08/30/2001
Last reviewed on: 20/08/2014
