Herby chicken & butter bean soup

Name: Herby chicken & butter bean soup
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 leftover chicken carcass, plus 225g meat (thigh or leg meat is best), or 4 skinless chicken thighs, plus 1½ liters chicken stock; 2 Tbsps olive or rapeseed oil; 2 onions, chopped; 6 carrots, chopped; 3 sprigs rosemary, leaves picked and chopped; 3 sprigs sage, leaves picked and chopped; 3 sprigs thyme, leaves picked and chopped; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 1 Tbsp plain flour; 400 grams butter bean, drained; 1 serving crusty bread, to serve

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Herby chicken & butter bean soup a try. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 26g of protein, 78g of fat, and a total of 843 calories. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of sage, flour, ground coriander, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is perfect for Autumn. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Creamy Potato Soup with Herby Compound Butter, Herby bean sausage stew, and Herby pesto, bean & potato pasta are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

If using a leftover chicken carcass, place in a large saucepan and cover with 2 litres of water. Bring to the boil, then cover with a lid and gently simmer for 20 mins. Meanwhile, heat the oil in another large saucepan. If using chicken thighs, add these and brown on all sides, then remove and set aside.

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Chicken Thighs

Whole Chicken

Water

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the onions to the oil and cook for 10 mins until starting to caramelise.

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Onion

Cooking Oil

Add the carrots, herbs, spices and flour, and stir for 1-2 mins to toast the spices. If using a chicken carcass, strain the cooking liquid into the pan with the vegetables, otherwise add the browned chicken thighs and stock. Stir well, cover and simmer for 30 mins.

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Chicken Thighs

Vegetable

Carrot

Whole Chicken

Spices

All Purpose Flour

Herbs

Stock

Toast

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Frying Pan

If using chicken thighs, remove them from the pan, shred the meat and discard the bones.

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Chicken Thighs

Meat

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Frying Pan

Add the meat (or the meat from the carcass) back into the soup, along with the butter beans, season and heat through for 1-2 mins.

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Butter Beans

Meat

Soup

Use a hand-held blender to blitz the soup until smooth, or leave it chunky. Or blend about half, so its creamy but still has chunks of chicken, carrot and butter bean.

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Whole Chicken

Butter