Chicken soup recipe
Fresh, crisp ingredients in a Thai-style broth make Alan Coxon's healthy chicken soup perfect for a low fat lunch.
Ingredients
- 175 g chicken breast, skins removed
- 450 g fresh baby spinach stalks removed and leaves washed
- 1 handful pickled pink ginger (6 slices)
- 4 spring onions finely shredded lengthways
- 2 cloves garlic finely crushed
- 1.2 l chicken stock
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 small Thai chilli, de-seeded and chopped fine
- 3 tbsp Nam pla (fish sauce)
- 2 tbsp Alan Coxon`s Ancient Greek vinegar (or alternatively, rice wine vinegar)
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 handfuls purple sprouting basil, roughly torn (16 leaves)
- 1 tbsp lightly crushed peanuts
- 30 g bean sprouts
Details
- Cuisine: Thai
- Recipe Type: Soup
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 10 mins
- Cooking Time: 10 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Combine the chicken, garlic, onion, 1 tbsp of soy sauce, and 1 tbsp of Nam pla and set aside
- In a wok, bring the chicken stock to a simmer and add the chilli, sugar and lemon juice. Gently lower the chicken breast into the stock along with any of its marinade. Cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Add the spinach and cook for a further 2 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. In the last few seconds, add the purple basil leaves.
- Remove from the heat and add the remaining Ancient Greek vinegar, soy sauce and Nam pla. Carefully remove the chicken and slice thinly.
- Pour the stock into bowls, with a good amount of the spinach and top with some fresh bean sprouts.
- Add the slices of chicken and sprinkle with the peanuts. Scatter over fresh leaves of basil and serve immediately.
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