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Chicken and brown rice soup with asparagus

Chicken and brown rice soup with asparagus

A Low GI and feel good soup - Spekko's take on traditional chicken soup.

  • Serves: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

    • 750 g chicken thighs, deboned and skinned
    • 45 ml (3 tbsp) olive oil
    • 15 ml (1 tbsp) butter
    • 1 large onion, finely sliced
    • 5 ml (1 tbsp) crushed garlic
    • 1 medium green pepper, sliced
    • 250 ml (1 cup) tomato juice
    • 1 L (4 cups) hot chicken stock
    • 5 ml (1 tsp) thyme
    • ½ tsp marjoram
    • 1 large bay leaf
    • 250 ml (1 cup) Spekko Saman Brown Rice
    • 150 g green peas
    • 1 punnet asparagus spears, steamed
    • salt and white pepper to taste

Method

    1. Slice chicken portion into small bite size pieces.
    2. Heat the oil and butter in a large pot and add sliced onion, garlic and green pepper. Sauté until softened.
    3. Add the chicken and fry until browned. Pour in tomato juice and stir well.
    4. Add 2 cups of the hot chicken stock, bring to boil and add seasoning and herbs.
    5. Add the remaining stock, and then bring to boil before adding the rice and peas. Cover and simmer until rice is completely cooked.
    6. Add the asparagus spears to the hot soup mixture 3 minutes before serving.