Chicken soup with rice and potatoes - a recipe for a regular healthy dish and 5 variations of it

Chicken soup with rice and potatoes - a recipe for a regular healthy dish and 5 variations of it

Greetings to all readers of the magazine! Now we are preparing chicken soup with rice and potatoes according to the usual recipe. This is a very tasty, soft, airy soup that even an inexperienced housewife can easily prepare. Although, to make a decent dish, you literally need to know what kind of rice is best to cook, what kind of chicken to eat, how best to cut vegetables. Therefore, I propose to analyze all aspects of production together.

From the very beginning you need to decide on the chicken. To cook a tasty broth, it is best to use a rustic carcass. If there is no such ability, we will buy a carcass already cut into pieces in the store. It is excellent to cook from thighs, legs and wings; the broth from them comes out with the most distinctive taste. Although, if you create it from a ridge, it will also be normal.

From time to time I make chicken soup, but I do it a little differently. First, I boil the chopped potatoes, fry the onions with carrots and chopped fillet until half cooked, then add them to the pan with the potatoes and boil for another 7-8 minutes. It comes out very quickly and deliciously!

Now we are cooking based on the traditional recipe of chicken legs and new vegetables, we just have to decide on the rice. Read about how to choose rice on the pages of our magazine; we will tell you how to navigate the enormous variety of rice species. At the moment, I suggest using Krasnodar rice, because it will boil better.

So, let's take a larger pan - well, it's just more convenient to cook in it - and let's act.

Ingredients

Step-by-step recipe with photos

Video recipe

Other recipes

• With testicle

Prepared without potatoes. First, boil the chicken and remove it from the pan. Dip the rice into the broth and after 7-8 minutes add the fried onions and carrots. Then bring to a boil and slowly pour in 2 raw eggs, stirring evenly. We cut the boiled leg into pieces and put it back into the dish. Add fresh herbs. The result is an unusual egg version. Try it, it's delicious.

Creamy soup is very tasty! First, prepare everything according to the traditional recipe, then mix 1 tbsp in a frying pan. l. flour, 1 tbsp. l. butter and a glass of milk, warm it up and slowly pour it into the pan with the soup. The mass will immediately thicken, become lighter, richer and softer. Add green onions and dill for flavor. It will turn out very tasty! I like creamy soups, they are rich and filling.

• With mushrooms

If you add mushrooms to chicken soup with rice, you will get the most intense smell and unusual note. Mushrooms must be fried in butter and spices in advance, it will be even tastier. I like it best with fresh forest mushrooms, but if you don’t have them, then champignons or oyster mushrooms are also suitable. Decorate the serving with parsley, it will add freshness, smell and a beautiful greenish color.

• With vegetables and chicken meatballs

We prepare minced meatballs from all the trimmings from the chicken. This is a labor-intensive process, and if you don’t want to bother, you can prepare minced chicken breast or simply purchase it. It's comfortable and even faster. Boil the potatoes with rice, add the fried vegetables, and when everything is boiled, add the meatballs and simmer for another 10 minutes. The chicken meatballs vary in softness, just like the rest of the soup. Let's add herbs and spices for emphasis, let it brew for a while and enjoy the hot dish.

• With egg and spinach

We will cook it like chicken soup with eggs, and later we will add washed and chopped spinach. The dish will acquire wonderful color and freshness. The savory soup will be even more useful thanks to spinach, because everyone knows the “power” of this delicious herb.

Useful tips

1. Before eating, rice must be washed in “7 waters”, so it will be cleaner and will not stick together.
2. To ensure the broth is clear, skim off the foam.
3. The speed of production will depend on what kind of carcass you purchased. Read about this directly in the article How long does it take to cook chicken.
4. Be sure to add a bay leaf, it will add aroma and slightly change the taste.
5. You can add salt at the stage of laying out the potatoes, or at the end of production. This way the natural smell of spices and vegetables will be better preserved.
6. The traditional recipe only calls for salt and pepper, but you can experiment and add any seasonings that go well with the chicken.
7. In order to get a savory and fragrant broth, you can put a whole onion and carrot into the pan at the very beginning. When the broth is ready, they must be removed. By this point, the vegetables will have already given the broth all its flavor and beneficial characteristics.
8. It is better to add frying at the end of production. This way, sautéed vegetables will better retain their beneficial properties.
9. If you, like me, love everything spicy, then you can add a particle of finely chopped chili pepper.
10. This dish will acquire an extraordinary taste if you put a little sauerkraut directly on the plate when serving. Try it, it's delicious!
11. Serve the horseradish appetizer to the table in a beautiful gravy boat; it goes great with chicken soup.
12. Often the recipe specifies dark peppercorns, but I like ground dark pepper, its smell is most obvious.
13. If you add bay leaves, be sure to remove them just as you turn off the heat.
14. If you add tomato paste, sauces and hot spices, you get a variation on the theme of Thai soup.
15. Pay close attention to the proportion of water and rice. Do not overdo it with rice so that your soup does not turn into porridge. Take not 2, but 2.5 liters of water, because the water boils away during cooking and the size of the soup becomes smaller.

Much needed soup

Chicken soup with rice is a dietary dish. It is often prescribed to people during the postoperative period because it is an easily digestible, nutritious, medicinal dish. Its usefulness lies in the usefulness of the ingredients: chicken, rice, vegetables and spices.

Read about the certain usefulness of chicken in dishes on the pages of our magazine: Chicken: useful characteristics.

The calorie content of such a dish is relatively small, but it is enough to keep you full and energetic for 3 hours and at the same time not accumulate excess fat.

Conclusion

We've looked at how to make chicken rice soup for a hearty homemade lunch and 5 other options. In fact, there are a lot of options for chicken dishes. We talk about this in the Food section in the article Chicken Soups. Read and discuss with your friends which of the above you have cooked and which are new to you. Tell us about it in the comments.

Rice soup with chicken (photo + video)

Every housewife always has a little chicken in her freezer: fillets, drumsticks, legs - it always helps out and helps out the reputation of the thrifty mother of the family. For a quick homemade soup, this set is also indispensable. Now let’s look at several recipes for first courses, which can be conventionally called “without leaving home.” Based on the fact that rice, vegetables and herbs (frozen in any case) are usually also on hand. Three options for rice soup with step-by-step recipe and photos.

Regular rice soup with chicken broth

• water – 2.5 l;
• chicken – 300 g;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• potatoes – 1-2 pcs.;
• rice – 3 tbsp;
• bay leaf – 1-2 pcs.;
• aromatic peppercorns – 5-6 pcs.;
• trunks of dill and parsley - optional;
• celery root – 10 g;
• salt, ground pepper - to taste.

Quantity: 4 servings.

Preparation time: 10 min.

Production time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

How to cook soup with rice using chicken broth

1. First you need to cook the fragrant broth. To do this, pour cool water over the chicken and let it cook.
2. As soon as the water boils, remove all the foam and add onions, carrots, herb stems, bay leaves, celery root, fragrant peas and dill seeds (if available). Cook the broth for about 40 minutes - the meat should separate perfectly from the bone.
3. Add diced potatoes.
4. Add the rice, just remember to wash it, otherwise the soup will be cloudy.

Serve hot rice soup with green onions and black bread.

Creator: Ira Eremeeva

Rice soup with chicken in a slow cooker

• water – 2.5 l;
• chicken breast – 1 pc.;
• onion - pcs.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil – 3 tbsp;
• rice – 100 g;
• potatoes – 3 pcs.;
• salt and spices to taste.

Quantity: 8 servings.

Preparation time: 15 min.

Production time: 1 hour

1. Peel the onions and carrots and chop them. Fry in a multicooker in vegetable oil in the “Frying” (“Baking”) mode until golden brown.
2. Cut the chicken breast into pieces.
3. Place in the multicooker bowl with the vegetables: chicken, washed rice, peeled and chopped potatoes. If desired, you can add tomato paste.
4. Pour in water, salt and pepper to taste.
5. Place the bowl in the multi-device, select the “Soup” or “Stew” mode. Cook for one hour.

An appetizing soup with rice is not bad when piping hot, with herbs and bread.

Creator: Ilya Vladimirov

Creamy soup with rice and chicken

• chicken broth – 1 l.;
• rice – 3 tbsp;
• chicken fillet – 1 pc.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• cream 15% - 100 ml;
• celery root – 5 g;
• garlic – 2 cloves;
• basil – 1/2 bunch;
• salt, paprika - to taste;
• allspice – 3-4 pcs.;
• vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.

Quantity: 4-6 servings.

Preparation time: 5 min.

Production time: 45 min.