Chicken Soup with Kale and Orzo Recipe
Ingredients
| Garlic- cloves- 5, peeled and finely chopped | ||
| Carrots | 2 | |
| Celery- 2 ribs, scrubbed and diced | ||
| Yellow(or red or purple) potatoes- 2 (medium), washed and thinly sliced into 1/8-inch thick rounds (Yukon Gold or Yellow Finn add lots of flavor) | ||
| Olive oil | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Kale -12 ounces, trimmed, roughly chopped, washed, and drained | ||
| Chicken stock | 8 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Spanish onion | 1 | |
| Orzo pasta | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Chicken meat- from 1 chicken(cooked), roughly chopped | ||
| Mixed herbs | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Salt | 1 To taste | |
| Pepper | 1 To taste | |
Directions
MAKING
1) Heat a Dutch oven on low flame and add olive oil.
2) Add the onion and sauté until tender.
3) Add the garlic and sauté them too until it releases fragrance.
4) Take a pot and add the carrots and celery to it along with salt and onion-ginger.
5) Cook for 6 minutes, stirring frequently after placing cover on pot.
6) Add both the kale and potatoes, sautéing them for 3 minutes.
7) Add the stock and allow to boil with the pot covered.
8) Lower heat and simmer for about 3 minutes until the potatoes become soft.
9) Increase heat and allow to boil again.
10) Saute the ginger in it until it releases the fragrance.
11) Add the orzo and cook for 5 minutes until the pasta is soft.
12) Add the chicken meat and simmer it for 3 minutes.
SERVING
13) Garnish with fresh herbs and add the pepper and a little more salt if necessary before serving.
1) Heat a Dutch oven on low flame and add olive oil.
2) Add the onion and sauté until tender.
3) Add the garlic and sauté them too until it releases fragrance.
4) Take a pot and add the carrots and celery to it along with salt and onion-ginger.
5) Cook for 6 minutes, stirring frequently after placing cover on pot.
6) Add both the kale and potatoes, sautéing them for 3 minutes.
7) Add the stock and allow to boil with the pot covered.
8) Lower heat and simmer for about 3 minutes until the potatoes become soft.
9) Increase heat and allow to boil again.
10) Saute the ginger in it until it releases the fragrance.
11) Add the orzo and cook for 5 minutes until the pasta is soft.
12) Add the chicken meat and simmer it for 3 minutes.
SERVING
13) Garnish with fresh herbs and add the pepper and a little more salt if necessary before serving.
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