German Cream of Chicken Soup: Suppe, Heidelberger Art
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
directions
- Combine stock or bouillon and water in large kettle; add sugar and rice or barley.
- Rinse chicken; drain; pat dry.
- Rub lightly with salt.
- Place chicken in bouillon kettle.
- Cover; bring to a boil.
- Lower heat and cook slowly until chicken is tender, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Remove chicken.
- Strain broth through colander, mashing rice or barley through with liquid.
- Melt butter or chicken fat in soup kettle; blend flour smoothly with it.
- Stir strained soup into fat and flour mixture.
- Let cook 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add 1 cup cream; stir and bring to a gentle boil, but do not let boil.
- Beat yolks with remaining 1/4 cup cream and stir into soup.
- Add salt and pepper if needed.
- In each soup plate put a few even strips of breast of the boiled chicken.
- Pour hot soup over.
- Soup should be creamy, pale yellow, but not too thick.
- Serves 6.
- Luchow’s German Cookbook.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Olha7397
Canada