Chicken and vegetable soup

Beat the sniffles this winter with this hearty chicken and vegetable soup.

Recipe «Chicken and vegetable soup» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 45 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 2 chicken marylands or 4 chicken drumsticks, 1 litre chicken stock, 2 potatoes, peeled and diced into 2 x 2 cm dice, 2 large carrots, peeled and small diced, 1 leek, white part only, halved lengthways and sliced , 6 garlic cloves, crushed, 60g baby kale leaves, 1/2 lemon, juiced , Olive oil, to garnish, Paprika, to garnish.

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken marylands or 4 chicken drumsticks 
• 1 litre chicken stock 
• 2 potatoes, peeled and diced into 2 x 2 cm dice 
• 2 large carrots, peeled and small diced 
• 1 leek, white part only, halved lengthways and sliced 
• 6 garlic cloves, crushed 
• 60g baby kale leaves 
• 1/2 lemon, juiced 
• Olive oil, to garnish 
• Paprika, to garnish 

Instructions

1. Place chicken stock in a large pot, add the chicken and bring to the boil. Add potato, carrots, leeks and garlic. Simmer for 30 minutes. Remove chicken from pot and when cool enough to handle, remove all the chicken off the bones. Reduce heat of the pot to low while chicken cools.
2. Return chicken to the pot, add lemon juice and kale. Bring to the boil and simmer for a further 5 mins.
3. Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of smoked paprika.