Chicken lemon soup

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 10 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to cook chicken soup with lemon? Prepare the products according to the list. It is better to take the chicken chilled and it is advisable that it is not a chicken breast, but for example legs, thighs or wings, then the soup will turn out richer. Instead of olive oil, you can use sunflower oil; you can replace the rice with orzo pasta.

2. STEP 2

   

   Take a lemon, wash it thoroughly with fruit detergent, and dry it. Remove the zest from the lemon using a grater, set the remaining lemon aside, you will need it later.

3. STEP 3

   

   Rinse the chicken well and place in a saucepan for cooking soup. Wash all the greens and vegetables, cut the celery and chili pepper into medium pieces, peel the onion and cut into 4 pieces. Place everything in a saucepan, add half the mint, parsley and lemon zest.

4. STEP 4

   

   Fill the contents of the pan with water and put it on the stove to cook. Cook for about an hour until the chicken is cooked, do not forget to remove any foam that has formed.

5. STEP 5

   

   When the chicken is cooked, remove it and strain the broth through several layers of cheesecloth or a clean kitchen towel. This is necessary to ensure that the broth is clean and beautiful. We won't need all the vegetables and herbs left over from the broth. Salt the broth, add olive oil for flavor and ground black pepper, put it on the stove again, when the broth boils, add rice to the pan.

6. STEP 6

   

   Disassemble the chicken, removing bones and skins.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add the chicken pieces to the soup and simmer with the rice until cooked through, about 10-15 minutes. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and at the end of cooking, add the desired amount of lemon juice to the broth, tasting the soup.

8. STEP 8

   

   Finely chop half of the remaining mint with a knife.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add mint to the soup when it is ready. Serve the finished chicken soup with rice and lemon hot, pouring into plates. If desired, sprinkle with chopped herbs and garnish with a slice of lemon. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Moderator Ksenia

26.12.2023

4.9

For lunch I made lemon chicken soup. I already had ready-made chicken broth (without pieces of meat), and I used that. Boil the broth with all the necessary ingredients for 20 minutes. I put in just a little chili pepper and took it out as soon as the broth became a little spicy. I used brown rice. I only had dried mint, so I added it. The soup turned out to be very interesting. Its taste is bright and very rich. All the ingredients included created a great combination. To be honest, I didn’t expect it to turn out so delicious. My son said that this soup is good to eat in the Irinyshka bathhouse, thank you very much for the wonderful recipe!