The most basic ingredients:
- Chicken drum sticks or chicken breasts with skins on (2-3 pieces depending on the size of your pot)
- A shallot or a piece of onion (peeled and diced)
- 2 cloves of garlic (peeled and diced)
- Two handfuls of rice (washed and rinsed)
- Half a teaspoonful of salt or less
To make a more interesting and tasty soup:
- A carrot or two (peeled and diced)
- A stalk of celery (washed and diced)
- A sprinkle of black pepper and thyme (rosemary is a good replacement if it is more readily available or cheaper).
How to make:
- Put all your ingredients in the pot
- Add water enough to cover all ingredients to make it stew-like. If you want it more soup-like, add a bit more water. One finger width should be enough.
- Bring the pot to a boil and then turn down the heat to let it simmer for around 45 minutes.
- After the chicken is completely cooked, turn off the heat.
- The soup is ready to be eaten at this point, but it is not soupy.
- Take out the chicken pieces one by one to a plate. Peel off the skin. Separate the chicken meat from the bones. Cut the meat small and add it back to the pot.
- Throw away the skin and the bones. The skin is edible, you can eat it if you like, but it will taste too fatty. Using chicken with skin is only so it will release some fat into the soup and make it taste better. It is possible to use lean chicken meat with no skin, but it will be a bit more bland. Your choice.
- Enjoy your meal!
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