Sephardic Chicken Soup ( Complex)
From gotmusicinme 14 years agoIngredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
- 2 large onions, peeled and sliced thinly shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 tablespoon Aleppo pepper shopping list
- 2 stalks celery, diced finely shopping list
- 2 bay leaves shopping list
- 1 head garlic, peeled and minced shopping list
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin shopping list
- 1 teaspoon turmeric shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander shopping list
- 1 1? long cinnamon stick shopping list
- 1/2 cup dry sherry shopping list
- 1 whole chicken, rinsed and trimmed of excess fat shopping list
- 2 quarts of chicken broth or stock shopping list
- 1 quart vegetable broth or stock shopping list
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste or sauce shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups peeled and sliced carrots shopping list
- 1/4 cup peeled and sliced parsnips shopping list
- 1 cup peeled and diced turnips shopping list
- 1 15 ounce can chickpeas drained with any loose skins removed shopping list
- 1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes (optional) shopping list
- 1/2 cup orzo pasta, cooked, drained and oiled to keep from sticking. shopping list
- 1 recipe matzo balls (instructions given in the post above) shopping list
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste shopping list
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped cilantro shopping list
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley shopping list
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced scallion tops shopping list
How to make it
- In a heavy soup pot or pressure cooker, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add onions, salt and Aleppo pepper and cook, stirring, until golden. Add celery, bay leaves, garlic, thyme, cumin, turmeric, coriander and cinnamon stick, and cook, stirring until the onions are a rich reddish brown and everything is fragrant.
- Pour in sherry and deglaze pan. After alcohol has burned off, add chicken, broths, tomato paste or sauce, and turn down heat to a simmer, and cook covered until the chicken is tender and done. In a pot it will be about an hour or an hour and a half, in a pressure cooker, it can be anywhere from fifteen minutes to a half an hour depending on the size of the chicken.
- When the chicken is done, remove it from the pot and allow it to cool. While it is cooling, add carrots, parsnips and turnips to pot and simmer. Remove chicken meat from bones and add back to pot. Add chickpeas and tomatoes if you are using them. Cook until vegetables are tender. Remove bay leaves and cinnamon stick.
- Add matzo balls for last ten minutes of cooking. Just before serving, add orzo, simmer a couple of minutes to warm the pasta, then garnish with the cilantro, parsley and scallion tops.
- Serve with a crisp green salad with a simple vinaigrette
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