chicken

poached chicken and vegetable soup

servings
4

method

A filling, delicious dish that's super healthy too.

Wash your chicken in cold water and pat dry with kitchen paper. Place the chicken, carrots, celery, potatoes and thyme into a large, deep pan and pour in 3 liters of water or enough to cover the chicken.

Simmer on a medium heat for 1½ hours or until the chicken is cooked through.

Remove the chicken from the pan and strain the broth. Save the veg for later. Put the broth back on a high heat and allow to reduce for 15 minutes until there’s about 2 liters left.

Meanwhile, tear the cooked chicken into long chunks. Once the broth has reduced, throw the vegetables back in the pan with the peas, leeks and chicken. Simmer for a further 5 minutes, then remove the sprigs of thyme.

Serve in warm bowls sprinkled with chopped parsley and the celery leaves.

Tip: The chicken is the star ingredient so use the best you can get your hands on.

ingredients

• 1 x 1.6kg whole chicken, preferably higher welfare
• 4 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 1 celery heart, sliced, yellow leaves reserved
• 12 new potatoes, peeled
• a few sprigs of fresh thyme
• 2 large handfuls of peas
• 1 leek, washed and shredded
• a small bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and chopped

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1. by Colin on Thu 26 Apr 2012 @ 14:31

No salt or pepper Jamie?

2. by Nicola on Wed 28 Mar 2012 @ 16:39

In a bid to be healthy, I tried to make a pure vegetable soup from a recipe I found here http://bit.ly/student-recipes-vegetable-soup - turns out that I need chicken in my life so I am glad I found this one. Will try this weekend!!

3. by MISS DAVIS on Mon 30 Jan 2012 @ 09:56

heey jamie i love usin your recipes i always us them with the kid at school you are an anazin cook.x

4. by anna on Thu 01 Dec 2011 @ 13:20

The vegetables dont go mushy at all....just chop into chunky pieces. It is a little bland though. I would add stock not just water next time.

5. by Dennis on Mon 21 Nov 2011 @ 15:12

So these vegetable cook on a medium simmer for at least an hour and a half? They'd surely end up as mush?

6. by Mr. Kennedy on Tue 18 Oct 2011 @ 15:34

Jamie Oliver is the best!

7. by Emma on Wed 28 Sep 2011 @ 14:09

As there is chicken in this recipe, is it safe to re-heat?

8. by Confused on Thu 04 Aug 2011 @ 22:59

in response to haley, why? It could not be any more simply put? I'm assuming you are a child. And commenting onthe web site colors to appeal to kids probably means that yellow & pink are your favorite colours. Not necessarily everyone else's.

9. by haley on Sun 31 Jul 2011 @ 15:03

this is a good recipe however it should be written in the form for a child to understand, it is way too complexed and maybe 12 year olds would like to make it. You should also change the website to bright yellow andpink to appeal to kids. P.S Your the greatest cook ever oxoxoxo

10. by michael on Fri 01 Jul 2011 @ 17:27

well in romania we think that peas has an important role in our health!we use peas for cream soup!your soup is great we call it serbian sour soup because instead of water we use a liquid made of grains which tastes so fineeeeeeeeee! in romanian is ''bors'' the name of the liquid

11. by Eduardo on Mon 30 May 2011 @ 02:40

Simple, yet so delicious!

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