Let’s start with the ingredients that will be needed:
- 700g of any cut of chicken (depending on the amount you want)
- One medium size onion, two scotch bonnets and three cloves of garlic (blended together)
- One big carrot cut into chunks
- Three big potatoes cut into chunks
- Chopped scallions
- One teaspoon of chilli flakes (optional)
- One teaspoon of black pepper powder
- One teaspoon of dry ginger/fresh ginger
- One teaspoon of smoked paprika
- One teaspoon of cloves
- One bay leaf
- One teaspoon of dry coriander
- One teaspoon of salt
- Three chicken bouillons
- A dash of curry powder
- A dash of dry thyme
- 700ml -1l of water (according to how soupy you want it)
STEPS
Now this is the easy part, get your pot ready and add in everything all together apart from the veggies, let it cook for about 30 minutes and then add in your remaining veggies apart from the scallions. I added the veggies later so as to not over cook it ( I still over cooked mine😄) . Now the potatoes kind of thicken the soup due to the starch they have, if you don’t like your soup a bit thickened totally omit them and if you like your soup a lot more thickened, you can mix a little bit of cornstarch with water and stir it in when the soup is almost done. I cooked mine for a total of about one hour just because I like the meat to be really soft and the bones to be almost chewable, you can totally reduce the cooking time if that is not your cup of tea, chicken doesn’t take time to cook, anywhere between 30-45 minutes should be fine. Make sure to taste and adjust any seasoning, I also like to drizzle a little bit of soy sauce in mine some minutes before I take it off the fire. Once its off the fire, add in the scallions to give it a nice fresh aroma!
You can serve this as a side dish or just have it as it is! I served mine with some garlic buns from the
grocery store. You can also be versatile and add in any vegetable of your choice and make the soup your own😉 I really hope you give this recipe a try and enjoy☺️.
