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Chicken Clear Soup Recipe

Chicken Clear Soup, a clear, light and comforting chicken soup with minimal flavourings. The soup is made with homemade chicken broth which makes it chicken soup for soul. This Chinese take out | restaurant style chicken clear soup can be made at home with minimum ingredients. Try this clear soup as mentioned with the guide of step by step pictures and video and it will be your winter comforting soup of choice.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 123kcal

Equipment

  • Cooking pot or Instant pot or Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

For Clear Stock (Broth)

  • 500 grams Chicken (bone-in & skin-on)
  • 1 large Carrot cut into chunks
  • 1 large Onion cut into chunks
  • 1 inch Ginger peeled & sliced thinly
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 2 tbsp Chicken Bouillon Powder
  • 1 Litre Water
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • ½ tsp Black Pepper (coarsely crushed)

For Chicken Clear Soup

  • 2 tbsp Cornstarch
  • ¼ cup Water
  • 4 tbsp Green Onions (Spring Onions)
  • 1 small Red Chilli (optional)

Instructions

For Making Clear Stock (3 ways)

  • Stove Top - This is the method I prefer, even though it takes a bit of time. I think it is worth the effort. Cooking the chicken the flavouring in a pot for long time extract as much flavour from the chicken and makes it so flavourful.
  • Pressure Cooker - Easy way to make the chicken broth, take half the time than the stove top. Take all the ingredients in a pressure cooker and cover with water. Make sure the chicken is completely covered. Bring this to a full boil, reduce the flame, cover the pressure cooker with lid. Pressure cook for 4 whistle, let the pressure release by itself. Strain and use as required.
  • Instant Pot - Take all the ingredients in instant pot, add water and cover with lid. Set mode to pressure cook high for 10 minutes. Make sure the steam vent is locked. Once timer is up, let the pressure release naturally. Open the instant pot, strain and use as required.

For Making Chicken Clear Soup

  • Pour the stock back into the pan and bring it to a boil. Add the shredded chicken and heat through. 
  • Mix cornstarch with some water to form a slurry. Now pour the cornflour slurry in the soup and mix well till it thicken a bit.
  • Garnish with chopped green onions, chopped red chillies, salt and pepper to taste. Ladle  in a soup bowl and Serve piping hot.

Video

Notes

Chicken - For flavourful chicken stock, use chicken with bone-in. Using chicken with skins ensure the chicken doesn't dry up and stays moist.
Broth | Stock - for faster option you can use store bought chicken broth.
For substantial soup - you can use any chopped vegetables in your clear soup. Add cooked pasta, cooked rice, boiled noodles, cooked wontons in your clear soup to make it filling.
Seasonings & Flavourings - you can use any flavours or seasoning to your taste. Dash of oregano, parsley can add so much flavour to your soup.

Storage & Serving

You can store cooked soup in fridge upto a week in an air tight container. Reheat in microwave for one minute or on stove top till bubbly and serve hot.
You can serve the soup on its own in a bowl or with cooked dim sum, spring rolls or wontons.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 640mg | Potassium: 186mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 2107IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg
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