There are a huge number of options for smoked chicken soups.
They may differ in the composition of products and method of preparation.
But one thing is invariable - the divine flavor, which makes the first dish extraordinary.
Smoked Chicken Soup - General Cooking Principles
Smoked chicken - This is a ready-to-eat product, so you do not need to cook it for a long time. 10-15 minutes is enough. Smoked meats are cut into slices and are usually laid in the middle of the pile. You can use absolutely any part of the carcass: chicken leg, wings, brisket or assorted.
In addition to smoked meat, soup is added. cereals and vegetables. If beans are used, they should be pre-soaked. It is better to boil the beans separately and then add to the broth. Otherwise, it will acquire an unpleasant color. It is also believed that when boiling from a bean into the water, harmful substances leave. Onions and carrots can be added to the soup with smoked chicken in raw or roasted.
Greenery - The necessary ingredient for first courses. It can be put directly in the plates, served in a separate container or added to the pan. If the latter is used, the soup should be brought to a boil.
Recipe 1: Soup with smoked chicken "Pea"
Pea soup with smoked chicken is a combination of taste and benefit. The dish turns nourishing, fragrant. So that the cooking process does not take long, it is advisable to soak the peas for several hours, and preferably overnight.
Ingredients Required
• 0.5 kg of smoked meat;
• 4 potatoes;
• 0.5 cups of peas;
• bulb onion;
• carrot;
• salt, bay leaf, greens;
• oil for passerovka.
Cooking method
1. Pour 4 liters of water into a saucepan, bring to a boil, run peas soaked beforehand and cook almost until ready. Add some salt.
2. Peel the potatoes, cut into cubes and send them to the pan to the peas. As soon as the soup boils, we lower the smoked meat.
3. Cooking fry. Peel and chop the onion into small cubes. Pour into a pan with preheated butter. We clean the carrots, chop them and send them to the onion, fry together until golden brown.
4. As soon as the potatoes are soft, lay out the frying in the pan, if necessary, add more salt and boil for 2 minutes, put the bay leaf, greens, turn off and let it brew.
Recipe 2: Smoked Chicken Soup with Melted Cheese
Soup with smoked chicken and cheese can rightly be considered a real magic wand. It can be cooked in 30 minutes and tasty feed the entire family. In the recipe used processed cheese type "Friendship" "City". So that they are easy to rub on the grater, you need to put them briefly in the freezer.
Ingredients Required
• chicken 0.3 kg;
• 2 potatoes;
• 2 cheese;
• 200 gr. canned peas;
• onion;
• oil, salt;
• carrot.
For crackers:
• loaf;
• some oil.
Cooking method
1. Pour 2 liters of water into a saucepan, bring to a boil, salt and immediately put the smoked meat.
2. Peel the potatoes, cut them into small cubes and send them to the chicken. Boil until soft.
3. From onions and carrots to cook a classic frying in a pan on any oil.
4. Grated cheese grate on a coarse grater. Put in the soup, then stirring continuously, bring to a boil. The cheese should be completely dissolved.
5. Add fry and green peas. Add fresh or dried herbs if desired.
6. Serve the soup with smoked chicken and delicious cheese with crackers. And you can quickly cook them in a frying pan. A loaf or bread is cut into cubes, sent to a buttered pan, and fried for a few minutes.
Recipe 3: Smoked Chicken Soup and Grilled Noodles
For this soup with smoked chicken vermicelli web is used. Many housewives do not like her because of the property limp in the broth. But in order to prevent this from happening, the noodles just need to be fried a little in the pan. Soup from this will be even more fragrant and more golden.
Ingredients Required
• 0.3-0.4 kg chicken;
• 0.1 kg of vermicelli;
• butter;
• 2 potatoes;
• onion, carrot;
• salt, greens.
Cooking method
1. Pour 2 -2.5 liters of water and put the dishes on the stove, you can immediately put smoked meat. Bring to a boil.
2. Peel the potatoes and send them to salted boiling broth.
3. While potatoes are being cooked, you need to make an ordinary onion and carrot roast. Use any oil.
4. Fry the pasta. To do this, we heat the pan, pour a little oil and fry for 1-2 minutes. Constantly stir. As soon as the cobweb becomes golden brown, turn off.
5. As soon as the potatoes are cooked, add the frying to the pan, bring to a boil, start the noodles, add salting. Boil for half a minute, mix well and turn it off. Greens to taste.
Recipe 4: Smoked Chicken Soup with Mushrooms
For cooking soup with smoked chicken in this recipe, you can use absolutely any mushrooms. But the aromatic and tasty is obtained with the forest. If dried mushrooms are used, they must be reanimated in cold water.
Ingredients Required
• 3 potatoes;
• 0.3 kg of mushrooms;
• 1 smoked ham or 3–4 wings;
• onion;
• salt and oil.
Cooking method
1. Boil 2 liters of water, add some salt, start the potatoes peeled and cut into random pieces. As soon as it boils, we lay smoked chicken. Cook all together for 10 minutes.
2. Mushrooms finely cut into cubes, also chop the onion. Fry everything together in a pan until ready for 10-15 minutes.
3. Put the fried mushrooms in the soup with smoked chicken, boil together for another 5 minutes, if necessary, add more salt, greens. Serve with sour cream.
Recipe 5: Smoked Chicken Soup and European Corn
For the preparation of this soup with smoked chicken, canned corn and fresh cabbage are used. An unusual recipe that differs from our traditional first courses in the absence of potatoes. If you lay all the vegetables without toasting, then the dish can be called dietary.
Ingredients Required
• 300 gr. hens;
• 300 gr. white cabbage;
• 0.2 kg of corn;
• 3 tomatoes;
• butter;
• carrots, onions.
Cooking method
1. Put 2 liters of water on the stove and at this time prepare the frying. Onions and carrots chopped, passeraem in oil. When they are reddened, send crushed tomatoes without skin into the pan. Simmer on low heat.
2. Send boiled smoked meats to boiling water, cook for 10 minutes.
3. Shred cabbage as in cabbage soup, lay in the soup with smoked chicken. Boil until cooked. The time depends on the cabbage variety, if it is winter, it can take 10-15 minutes. Summer is enough for 2-3 minutes.
4. Now to the soup with smoked chicken lay out fried, canned corn, boil for 2 minutes and turn off.
Recipe 6: Smoked Chicken and Rice Soup
This recipe for smoked chicken soup can be called a simplified kharcho. It is cooked much faster, easier, but it has a decent taste. It is better to use the wings, the dish should be quite fatty and rich.
Ingredients Required
• 5-7 smoked wings;
• 3 potatoes;
• 0.5 Art. rice;
• 3 tbsp. l tomato paste;
• onion, carrot;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 1 tsp. hops-suneli;
• oil, herbs, salt.
Cooking method
1. Boil 2 liters of water, salt and send the peeled, chopped enough large potatoes. After 5 minutes, washed rice and smoked meats. Cook all together almost to readiness.
2. We make frying. Pour butter into a frying pan, add onions, carrots in a minute and cook. As soon as the vegetables are reddened, add pasta, hop-suneli and fry over low heat.
3. In the soup with smoked chicken, lay out the frying, boil over low heat for 2-3 minutes, add chopped garlic, greens, bring to a boil and immediately turn off. If you are not afraid of the smell of garlic, then it can be laid directly in the plate when serving.
Smoked Chicken Soup - Tricks and Tips
• Smoked chicken soup will be tastier and more beautiful if it is cooked over low heat and the broth is not allowed to actively boil.
• After cooking, let the soup steep under the lid for 30-40 minutes. Products will reveal your taste, the flavors will blend and the dish will be more appetizing.
• Smoked chicken often has a lot of fat, and when cooking the first courses, the housewives often cut it. But no need to throw away, it is better to put in a bag and put in the freezer. At any time you can get it and add to the minced meat.
