Chicken Spinach Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 bunches spinach
• 200 g boneless chicken
• 1 medium onion
• 2 -3 cloves garlic
• 2 medium potatoes
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 bay leaf
• salt
• 6 -7 peppercorns
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 slices bread
• black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes

Recipe

• 1 wash and shred the spinach.
• 2 next, wash and cut the chicken into small dices.
• 3 peel and finely chop the onion.
• 4 likewise, do the same for garlic.
• 5 put the potatoes in boiling water, allow to become tender, then, peel and mash them.
• 6 heat oil and butter combo in a soup pot.
• 7 add bay leaf.
• 8 add garlic and onion and saute.
• 9 add spinach.
• 10 discard the bay leaf.
• 11 add salt, crushed peppercorns and some water.
• 12 allow to cook for a while (about 10 minutes) on medium flame.
• 13 add potatoes.
• 14 cook for 3 minutes.
• 15 remove from flame.
• 16 add milk.
• 17 blend the above prepared mixture well in a blender to obtain spinach puree.
• 18 remove the crusts from the bread slices.
• 19 cut them into croutons.
• 20 dilute the spinach puree with milk or water.
• 21 heat the spinach puree (soup) in a pan.
• 22 in another pan, cook the croutons until they begin to change colour.
• 23 add a little oil to the croutons and cook till they are crisp.
• 24 drain on absorbent paper towels and keep aside.
• 25 heat oil in another pan.
• 26 add boneless chicken pieces.
• 27 saute till cooked.
• 28 sprinkle salt and pepper powder over the cooked chicken pieces.
• 29 add salt to taste.
• 30 flavour the croutons with oregano and red chilli flakes.
• 31 to serve, firstly, put the chicken pieces in a soup bowl.
• 32 pour the soup over them.
• 33 garnish with bread croutons.
• 34 serve hot.