Soul Soothing Chicken Soup

Recipe summary

When your feeling down look to the curative power of chicken soup, it will even heal the soul.

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 330 minutes
Yield: 4

Ingredients

Chicken

• 1.8 kg free range chicken
• 1 lemon
• 1 onion
• 1 bay leaf
• knob of butter
• olive oil
• sea salt and freshly ground pepper

Soup

• 2 red onions, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 cloves garlic – peeled and chopped
• 2 leeks, sliced
• 2 litres vegetable or chicken stock
• 2 carrots – cut into pieces
• 2 stalks celery
• some bay leaves
• small bunch of parsley
• white wine

Serving Suggestions

• 2 sticks celery – chopped into very small pieces
• 1 large carrot – chopped into very small pieces
• 1 leek – cut into small rounds
• 1 large handfuls of freshly shelled peas
• small bunch of tarragon – finely chopped
• small bunch of flat leaf parsley – finely chopped
• fresh parmesan – grated just prior to serving
• small sourdough loaf – ripped into pieces