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20 ml extra-virgin olive oil (18 g)
1 large leek, finely sliced (175 g)
100 g carrot, finely diced
200 ml reduced-salt chicken stock (200 g)
700 ml water (700 g)
300 g boneless skinless chicken thighs
110 g white rice (dry)
2 eggs (102 g, shelled)
30 ml lemon juice (30 g)
6 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Warm the oil in a saucepan and cook the leek and carrot over medium-low heat for 8 minutes, until soft with no bite left.
Add the stock, water and chicken, bring to a bare simmer and poach 20 minutes, until the chicken pulls apart easily and has reached at least 75C/167F. Lift it out and shred it small with two forks. The stock is a small share of the liquid on purpose: the rice and the egg-and-lemon finish are what give this soup its body, not salt.
Add the rice to the broth and simmer 15-18 minutes, until the grains are completely soft and beginning to break up and thicken the soup.
Beat the eggs with the lemon juice in a bowl. Ladle in a cupful of the hot broth in a thin stream, whisking hard the whole time, then take the pan off the heat and stir the mixture back in.
Do not let the soup boil again: past a simmer the egg curdles into threads instead of thickening the broth to velvet.
Return the chicken, warm through for 2 minutes over the lowest heat, and serve with parsley and pepper.
Safety and storage
Cook to
75°C / 167°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
The Food Safety Information Council table gives poultry, whole or minced, as 75°C in the centre. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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Chicken poached until it shreds, in a rice broth thickened off the heat with beaten egg and lemon into a velvety soup.
Ingredients
20 ml extra-virgin olive oil (18 g)
1 large leek, finely sliced (175 g)
100 g carrot, finely diced
200 ml reduced-salt chicken stock (200 g)
700 ml water (700 g)
300 g boneless skinless chicken thighs
110 g white rice (dry)
2 eggs (102 g, shelled)
30 ml lemon juice (30 g)
6 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Ground black pepper, to taste
Approximate per serving
2264 kJ / 541.1 kcal · protein 41 g · carbohydrate 48.4 g · fibre 5.2 g · fat 18.7 g · sodium 465.5 mg
Method
Warm the oil in a saucepan and cook the leek and carrot over medium-low heat for 8 minutes, until soft with no bite left.
Add the stock, water and chicken, bring to a bare simmer and poach 20 minutes, until the chicken pulls apart easily and has reached at least 75C/167F. Lift it out and shred it small with two forks. The stock is a small share of the liquid on purpose: the rice and the egg-and-lemon finish are what give this soup its body, not salt.
Add the rice to the broth and simmer 15-18 minutes, until the grains are completely soft and beginning to break up and thicken the soup.
Beat the eggs with the lemon juice in a bowl. Ladle in a cupful of the hot broth in a thin stream, whisking hard the whole time, then take the pan off the heat and stir the mixture back in.
Do not let the soup boil again: past a simmer the egg curdles into threads instead of thickening the broth to velvet.
Return the chicken, warm through for 2 minutes over the lowest heat, and serve with parsley and pepper.
Safety and storage
Cook to
75°C / 167°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
The Food Safety Information Council table gives poultry, whole or minced, as 75°C in the centre. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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