This time I will share with you a very delicious creamy soup recipe. This is an old traditional Transylvanian dish, what is very popular in Hungary too, maybe because we were one once…
The specialty of this soup is in the tarragon+sour cream duo. Usually we not prefer soury soups [except me] but this is a very good exception.
This is not my father's recipe version but still in the family.
Chicken Sour Soup with Tarragon [not the original slow-cooker version]
You'll need
The specialty of this soup is in the tarragon+sour cream duo. Usually we not prefer soury soups [except me] but this is a very good exception.
This is not my father's recipe version but still in the family.
Chicken Sour Soup with Tarragon [not the original slow-cooker version]
You'll need
3 chicken breast fillets [cut into bitesize pieces]
1 carrot [peeled, diced]
1 turnip [peeled, diced]
1 knob celery [peeled, diced]
1 tbsp unsalted butter [Must be butter not oil! Butter gives a special flavour to the soup.]
1 medium red onion [or onion, chopped into small pieces]
3 big pinch of tárkony/tarragon [I use dried but fresh is obviously better]
1 1/2 L low sodium vegetable stock
1 carrot [peeled, diced]
1 turnip [peeled, diced]
1 knob celery [peeled, diced]
1 tbsp unsalted butter [Must be butter not oil! Butter gives a special flavour to the soup.]
1 medium red onion [or onion, chopped into small pieces]
3 big pinch of tárkony/tarragon [I use dried but fresh is obviously better]
1 1/2 L low sodium vegetable stock
salt
1/4 tsp ground white pepper
1 1/2-2 tbsp sour cream [20%, of course can be lactose free]
1 level tbsp flour [can be all-purpose but rather not, rice flour doesn't work this time]
200 g green peas
juice of half a lemon
1 tbsp mustard [avoid the Dijon kind, too different taste, use something mild or common]
100 ml unsweetened whipped cream or vegetal whipped cream [30-32%]
2 dl good quality white wine [optional, sometimes I skip it, too much for me, it's a soup with a strong flavour anyway]
1/4 tsp ground white pepper
1 1/2-2 tbsp sour cream [20%, of course can be lactose free]
1 level tbsp flour [can be all-purpose but rather not, rice flour doesn't work this time]
200 g green peas
juice of half a lemon
1 tbsp mustard [avoid the Dijon kind, too different taste, use something mild or common]
100 ml unsweetened whipped cream or vegetal whipped cream [30-32%]
2 dl good quality white wine [optional, sometimes I skip it, too much for me, it's a soup with a strong flavour anyway]
Method to make it
In a medium-sized cooking pot melt the butter on low heat then add the carrot, the turnip and the celery. For 2-3 minutes leave to simmer the whole, but stir it continuously.
Then add the onion and the meat. Salt the meat carefully and add the white pepper and tarragon. For another 2-3 minutes braise the whole, but stir it continuously.
Add the vegetable stock. Bring the soup to boil. [The soup doesn't require extra salt if the vegetable stock you added was salty enough for your taste.] After it boils turn the heat to low, then put a lid on [but leave a little space for the gases] and cook the soup till the vegetables and the meat are almost soft [about 40 minutes], but taste it sometimes that is the best. Then add the green peas. About 15 minutes later when the peas are soft as well add the lemon juice.
Mix the flour with the sour cream in a smaller bowl then add a little from the soup, about 3-4 tablespoons [for heat equation]. Stir it well, need a smooth texture at the end. Then take a hand whisker and while you stirring the soup fastly, with your other hand add the mixture to it slowly in small dozes. Then stir the soup well.
Add the mustard and the whipped cream. Stir it well then shut down the heat. Done.
Variation
Use duck breast [without skin] instead of chicken. Salt and white pepper the duck breasts and cut them into bitesize pieces. Chop some smoked bacon into cubes then fry it with the butter on low heat. The rest of the method is the same as before.
Very great soup. I usually eat this as it is but you can it it with fresh bread or what you want. Restaurants often serve it in freshly baked round bread called, 'cipó'. ~Yammyammyamm
Use duck breast [without skin] instead of chicken. Salt and white pepper the duck breasts and cut them into bitesize pieces. Chop some smoked bacon into cubes then fry it with the butter on low heat. The rest of the method is the same as before.
Very great soup. I usually eat this as it is but you can it it with fresh bread or what you want. Restaurants often serve it in freshly baked round bread called, 'cipó'. ~Yammyammyamm
[Photo from nlcafe.hu]
Enjoy it!/Jó étvágyat! ✌
