I love this soup, the chard stalk in this soup gives it a little texture and the leaves add a lovely rich green fleck through it. This is also a great way to use up left over roast chicken, but if you do not have any left over cooked chicken, you could poach some chicken thigh fillets in the stock and then shred or chop them up and add to the soup.
Chard, Chicken & Potato Soup
Chard, Chicken and Potato Soup
A delicious soup that can be enjoyed all year round.
Ingredients
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 250 g cooked chicken, chopped or shredded
- 125 g bacon rashers, cut into fine julienne
- 125 g onion, diced
- 125 g celery, finely diced
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 500 g potatoes, cut into 1 cm dice
- 2 litres chicken stock
- 10 swiss chard/silverbeet leaves, washed
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Remove the swiss chard leaves from the stalks. Finely chop the stalks and set aside, then finely chop the leaves and set aside.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan, add the bacon and gently fry, stirring, until slightly crisp.
- Add chard stalks, onion, celery, garlic and potato, stir, put the lid on the pan and cook gently until onion is soft, stirring occasionally.
- Add the stock, bring to the boil and simmer, until the potato is just tender.
- Add the cooked chicken and swiss chard leaves, simmer for 5 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Notes:
- The broth keeps the soup nice and light.
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