
Boxing Day Chicken Soup
What better way to use up your Christmas Day leftovers than with this creamy chicken soup, totally soothing and comforting!
Ingredients
2 leeks, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 celery stick, chopped
2 spring onions, 1 extra for topping, chopped
20g real butter
500ml chicken bone broth
1 bunch thyme
250ml whole milk
50ml whole cream
Leftover chicken, shredded
Method
- Add butter to the pan over a medium heat and add the leeks, garlic, celery, and thyme spring onions. Cook until soft.
- Pour in the bone broth and milk and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add to a blender with the leftover chicken and blitz until smooth.
- Return soup to the pan over a medium heat and add the cream.
- When the soup is heated through, season and serve with leftover chicken and spring onions.