In Soviet times, mistresses sometimes had to go to the trick in order to cook something tasty for the whole family from a poor assortment of products. Of course, those years are long behind, but the recipes for such "ax porridge" still live in our cookbooks. For example, soup with melted cheese and chicken. Try serving this dish for dinner, it will be a great alternative to the usual borsch or cabbage soup and children will definitely like it. All cooking will take you a maximum of half an hour, which is ideal for a working mom.
How to make delicious soup with melted cheese and chicken
For a medium-sized pot you will need:
- 1-2 skinless chicken breasts;
- 3 potatoes;
- half a carrot and onion;
- 2 pieces of processed cheese of the Druzhba type is a very budget option, you can also take 6-8 slices of Hohland cheese without flavorings and so on;
- a couple of tablespoons of any vegetable oil;
- one bay leaf, chopped greens, salt and any other your favorite seasonings.
Fold the chicken into small pieces into a saucepan, season with salt, add a
bay leaf, top it with water and cook for a maximum of 15 minutes. After, put the diced potatoes. Make fry from coarsely grated carrots and finely chopped onions: put vegetables in a pan with vegetable oil and cook them until soft. The next step is to send this mixture to the pan. Soup with melted cheese and chicken should be cooked for about 15 minutes, and the main and most delicious ingredient - the Friendship or Hohland cubes - is added at the very last moment. They need to be lowered into the soup and mixed well - the cheese should completely dissolve. Done. Garnish with greens, fresh vegetables, such as grated carrots, and serve.
French Cheese and Cream Cheese Soup
Here you are offered a more refined recipe, the finished dish needs to be brought to a creamy state in a blender and served with croutons, or, as they say in France, with croutons. To make dinner just like in Paris, take:
- half a pound of chicken without skin;
- a pound of potatoes;
- 200 g of processed cheese;
- 2 small carrots;
- large onion;
- butter (butter), optional spices and garlic croutons.
Cooking soup with melted cheese is simple: put a chicken cut into small pieces in a three-liter pan, add spices. Cook the bird for no more than 20 minutes, after the specified time it will be ready. After that, put the potatoes sliced into small cubes and fry the chopped onions and grated carrots cooked in butter in a pan. After 15 minutes at the final stage, put the processed cheese, it should completely dissolve in the soup. Done. This dish is similar to the previous recipe, but there are differences. Traditionally, it is mashed in a blender, and served with croutons fried in vegetable oil and generously sprinkled with herbs. Exactly in this case, a delicious soup with melted cheese acquires a truly French flavor.