Chicken, noodle and sweet corn soup
8
Points®
Total time: 2 hr 5 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 1 hr 50 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
You can’t go past this old favourite, the flavours are made for each other and this dish is made for a chilly night and for warming the soul.
Ingredients
Whole raw skinless chicken
630 bag(s), (Buy 1.4kg)
Celery
3 stick(s)
Brown onion
1 large, coarsely chopped
Carrot(s)
1 small, coarsely chopped
Pepper
20 g, (peppercorns)
Fresh flat-leaf parsley
3 g, (3stalks)
Olive oil
2 tsp
Leek
1 whole, trimmed, thinly sliced
Canned corn kernels, rinsed and drained
1 cup(s)
Dry pasta
140 g, (angel hair pasta) broken into 5cm lengths
Fresh chives
1 tbs, finely chopped
Instructions
1
Place chicken in a large saucepan. Coarsely chop 2 celery sticks and add to saucepan with onion, carrot, peppercorns and parsley. Add enough cold water to just cover chicken and bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, occasionally skimming any scum or fat from the surface. Carefully remove chicken and set aside to cool slightly. Simmer stock, uncovered, for a further 30 minutes.
2
When chicken is cool enough to handle, remove and discard skin and bones. Shred chicken breast meat. Reserve thigh and leg meat for another use (see tip). Strain stock into a large jug. Discard solids.
3
Heat oil in same cleaned pan over medium heat. Finely chop remaining celery and add to pan with leek. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Add 1.5L (6 cups) reserved stock, corn, pasta and shredded chicken breast and simmer, uncovered, for 6–8 minutes or until pasta is tender. Serve sprinkled with chives.
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