Cream of Chicken Soup

(from ruffellbuff’s recipe box)

Categories: Soups

Ingredients

  • 2 Tblsp butter
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 2 potatoes, peeled & diced
  • 1 carrot, peeled & diced
  • 750ml chicken stock (or a mix of stock & water)
  • 3/4 Tblsp arrowroot powder
  • 150ml milk
  • 1 large chicken breast cooked & diced (or equivalent of left over roast chicken)
  • 300ml cream (if using very thick double cream make a half cream & half milk mixture)

Directions

  1. Melt the butter in a large soup pot & cook onions, potatoes & carrot for about 5mins. Do not brown the vegetables.

  2. Add the stock & simmer for 30mins.

  3. Season with salt & pepper then puree the soup completely.

  4. Blend the flour & milk together then add to the blended soup and cook to thicken.

  5. Add the chicken & cream to the soup & cook for 10mins.

  6. Season & serve.

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