Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Chicken Jade Soup

When you blend the spinach, the soup gets to be almost creamy.

Ingredients
5 chicken drumsticks (or, just some chicken broth--probably about 6 cups depending on how much spinach you have)
1 package of spinach
Salt
Cumin
Turmeric
Coriander

In a pressure cooker, pour as much water as you can over the drumsticks and boil for ~10-15 min (it doesn't really matter, just make sure the drumsticks are plenty cooked and you have a rich broth at the end).  Once you've de-pressurized and taken the top off, add the spinach and a generous sprinkling of the spices (~1Tb each) to the broth and turn the heat back on, and stir it up a little.  Cover and simmer for a few minutes until the spinach is wilted.  Take off the heat and pour into a blender or use a stick blender to puree the spinach until the soup is very smooth, liquidy and green.  Add plenty of salt (more than you think is necessary) to taste.  I like to drink it out of a mug.

You can use the chicken for something else, but it's a little bit bland after all that boiling so I would put some kind of sauce on it.

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