Chicken Mulligatawny Soup from "the Frugal Gourmet"
photo by SuzTheQ
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 lbs chicken thighs
- 8 cups water
- 1 teaspoon ghee (see Ghee recipe) or 1 teaspoon butter
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
- 1 yellow onion, medium, peeled and chopped
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 1 1⁄2 cups carrots, chopped
- 1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1⁄2 teaspoon coriander seed, ground
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin, ground
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cardamom, ground
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried ginger, ground
- 2 teaspoons salt
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Garnishes
- chopped fresh coriander
- fresh ground pepper
directions
- In a 4-quart pot, simmer the chicken, covered, in 4 cups of water until tender, about 30 minutes.
- Remove, cool, debone, and chop the meat and skin coarsely.
- Save the stock in the pot.
- Set the meat aside.
- Heat a large frying pan and add the ghee, garlic, onion, celery, and carrot.
- Saute just until the onion is tender.
- Add this to the pot of reserved stock.
- Add 4 more cups of water to the pot along with all remaining ingredients except the garnishes and chicken.
- Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add the deboned chicken.
- Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Garnish with the fresh coriander and black pepper.
- I like lots of black pepper in this dish!
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Reviews
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I love the combination of spices in this recipe. The turmeric gives the broth a very nice light yellow color, which is very eye appealing. This recipe is the basics for my favorite way to prepare chicken soup. I used cooked chicken in place of the chicken thighs and instead of pepper flakes, I added a can of Ro*Tel tomatoes to give the soup a nice kick. I also added a large cubed potato (steamed in micro wave to soften) and a cup of frozen green peas. Thanks, VideoJeff for this very nice recipe!
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This soup is wonderful! Great combination of spices, and I love the coriander and black pepper garnish. I chopped a bought rotisserie chicken as a shortcut, and used canned fat free chicken broth. I also cut back on the red pepper. It was perfect, and will be made over and over again in my kitchen. Next time I'm going to try the RoTel as was suggested. Thanks VideoJeff, for my new favorite chicken soup recipe!