Chicken Curry Soup


Description

Feel free to substitute chickpeas or white beans in place of chicken, to make this soup vegetarian/vegan.

Ingredients

Veggies: simple mix of onions, carrots, celery, peas and garlic. But feel free to use any other soup-friendly veggies (and/or greens!) that you have on hand.
Chicken stock: or veggie stock, whichever you prefer.
Flour/oil: to cook the veggies and form a roux, which will help to thicken the soup.
Potatoes: i used Yukon gold potatoes, but Russets or red potatoes would work well too. Or, for a different spin on this soup, feel free to use diced sweet potatoes.
Chicken: i used boneless skinless chicken breasts, but feel free to use whatever cut of chicken you prefer. Or you can also just add in some pre-cooked diced or shredded chicken. (Shredded rotisserie chicken would be delicious here!)
Curry: i used a mixture of curry powder and garam masala to season the broth.
Coconut milk: to give this soup a creamy finish, you can either stir in a can of coconut milk (I recommend full-fat) or half and half.

2 tbsp olive oil
1 small white onion, peeled and diced
2 large carrots, diced
2 celery stalks, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup flour
5 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock)
1 pound Yukon gold potatoes, diced into bite-sized pieces
1 pound (uncooked) boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced into bite-sized pieces
1 tbsp curry powder
2 tsp garam masala
2/3 cup frozen peas
1 (15-ounce) can full-fat coconut milk (or half and half)
Sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Sauté the veggies. Sauté the onion in olive oil, followed by the carrots, celery and garlic. Add and cook the flour. It’s important to cook the flour briefly before adding the broth, in order to cook off its flour-y flavor.

3. Add next round of ingredients: stir in the chicken stock, potatoes, chicken, curry powder, garam masala.

4. Simmer. Then continue cooking until the soup reaches a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low-ish to maintain the simmer, and continue cooking until the potatoes are tender.

5. Add final round of ingredients. Finally, stir in the peas and coconut milk until combined. Taste and season the soup with salt and pepper, as needed.

6. Serve. Then ladle it up nice and warm, served with biscuits or crackers if you would like.

Enjoy!

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