Asian chicken soup

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Eat your way to better health with this Asian chicken soup.

Recipe «Asian chicken soup» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil, 2 chicken marylands, skin removed, fat trimmed, 1 brown onion, chopped, 1 cinnamon stick, 2 whole star anise , 2L water, 1 leek, trimmed, thinly sliced, 300g mixed mushrooms , wiped clean, sliced , 1 long fresh red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped, 2 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated, 150g silverbeet, trimmed, chopped, 1 zucchini, trimmed, chopped, 2 tsp salt-reduced tamari, Green shallots, sliced, to serve, Toasted sesame seeds, to sprinkle.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil 
  • 2 chicken marylands, skin removed, fat trimmed 
  • 1 brown onion, chopped 
  • 1 cinnamon stick 
  • 2 whole star anise 
  • 2L water 
  • 1 leek, trimmed, thinly sliced 
  • 300g mixed mushrooms , wiped clean, sliced 
  • 1 long fresh red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped 
  • 2 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated 
  • 150g silverbeet, trimmed, chopped 
  • 1 zucchini, trimmed, chopped 
  • 2 tsp salt-reduced tamari 
  • Green shallots, sliced, to serve 
  • Toasted sesame seeds, to sprinkle 

Instructions

  1. Heat 1 tsp oil in a saucepan over high heat. Cook chicken for 2-3 minutes each side or until golden. Add onion, cinnamon, star anise and water. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, partially covered, for 1 hour. Strain. Reserve liquid. Discard onion and spices. Cool chicken. Remove flesh from bones. Discard bones. Coarsely chop the chicken.
  2. Clean saucepan. Return to medium heat. Add remaining oil. Cook leek, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Cook mushroom, stirring, for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Add chilli and ginger. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
  3. Add reserved liquid. Bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes. Add chicken, silverbeet and zucchini. Simmer for 5 minutes or until vegies are tender. Add tamari. Season. Sprinkle with shallot and sesame seeds.