Cheese and chicken soup is a wonderful dish that will delight both adults and children, which can sometimes be very difficult to persuade for lunch. So it’s worth opening the veil of secrecy on how to cook this culinary masterpiece.
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Before you reveal the secret of how to create cheese soup with chicken, it is worth mentioning that, unfortunately, it will not work for those who strictly count calories. After all, despite the fact that it contains many useful ingredients, it is still not suitable for dietary nutrition. But gourmets will enjoy such a soup with their taste.
So let's get started. Based on the name of the dish, the first thing to stock up on is cheese. Most recipes recommend using a fused version of it. In this form, it will most quickly dissolve in the soup. However, you can safely use hard varieties, such as, for example, parmesan. True, they should first be rubbed on a coarse grater.
Vegetables are also required: carrots, four small potatoes, large onions and herbs. And, of course, do not forget about chicken, as well as a cup of rice.
Cheese and chicken soup itself is prepared as follows. Chicken fillet is cut into small cubes, poured with about two liters of water and sent to cook for a time sufficient for the meat to be cooked. In parallel with this process, potatoes are chopped, carrots are rubbed on a medium grater, and onions are finely chopped.
Once the filet is cooked, well-washed rice should be added to it. Together they need to cook another ten minutes. Then, potatoes are added to the chicken-rice mixture. They let it sit for about seven minutes and season with onions. Bring to a boil and season with carrots. Leave to cook until the potatoes are fully cooked and, as soon as the necessary condition is reached, add cheese.
The constantly stirring soup is on the stove for another seven minutes, after which it is removed and seasoned with spices and herbs.
Such a different cheese soup with chicken
Photos of this first dish, presented in culinary collections, are striking in their diversity. The fact is that every chef has his own secrets of its preparation. So, cream cheese soup with chicken is especially popular.
To make it, you will need almost the same products as in the previous recipe, but just supplement them with the following ingredients: a glass of milk, butter, cream and an egg.
The creation process itself is also different from the one described above. So, eight medium potatoes and chicken separately are boiled until fully cooked. At the same time, chopped onions and grated carrots are fried in butter to a state of translucency.
Ready potatoes are ground in mashed potatoes, pouring a little chicken broth into it. After that, the container with it is put on a very low fire and, pouring the remaining broth into a thin stream, they constantly stir. Then season with fried carrots and onions and leave to simmer for about ten minutes. At this time, you need to beat milk, egg, 4 tablespoons of cream and cheese, which then should be added to the soup, constantly stirring it. As soon as the mixture acquires a uniform creamy consistency, we can assume that the dish is almost ready. It should only be seasoned with herbs, finely chopped chicken and spices.
Cheese soup with chicken can be prepared in many ways, and the two presented are just a starting point in experiments with this dish.