This hen and tortellini soup is strictly what I crave on a chilly UK night. It’s a lighter dinner (utilizing milk, as an alternative of cream), but it surely feels filling and satisfying.
Nicky’s Notes
I’ve eaten SO MUCH of this soup currently.
Regardless of retesting this recipe lately (I made a number of tweaks for higher flavour and to simplify the recipe), then making it once more to {photograph} it, I then made it AGAIN a number of days later as a result of I couldn’t cease eager about it.
And now I’m writing up, I’m pondering it may be tomorrow’s dinner too.
A number of notes:
- Go for tasty tortellini. One thing you already know you want and has flavour.
- Don’t miss out the lemon juice. It lifts the flavour of the entire soup – with out making it lemony.
- I photographed this recipe with bread, but it surely doesn’t want it! It’s filling sufficient. Plus the tortellini must be the star carb for my part.
📋 Substances for Hen Tortellini Soup
***Full recipe with detailed portions within the recipe card beneath***
Inventory – go together with a robust inventory. I exploit 3 oxo cubes or 2 stronger-flavoured inventory pots.
What flavour tortellini to make use of
I like prosciutto/ham & mozzarella or mushroom & ricotta as I believe it really works greatest with the flavours of the soup. Use your favorite – though personally I’d avoid tomato or pesto-filled tortellini for this specific recipe.
Abbreviated Recipe
***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card beneath***
Simmer carrots, celery, seasoning and inventory till tender. In the meantime soften onions in a big saucepan with butter. Stir in flour, then slowly stir in milk. Stir and warmth till thickened. Add the greens and inventory, shredded hen, lemon juice and tortellini. Warmth for 3-4 minutes, till the tortellini is scorching all through.
Recipe Suggestions
- Go together with your favorite tortellini. Cheese/hen/ham based mostly ones work greatest. It’s also possible to swap with recent ravioli if most popular.
- Simmer gently, don’t boil quickly – as this may occasionally trigger the soup to separate.
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Add the carrots, celery, salt, pepper, thyme and inventory to a saucepan. Carry to the boil and permit to simmer for quarter-hour after which flip off the warmth.
2 medium carrots, 2 sticks of celery, 1/4 tsp salt, 2 sprigs of thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme, 600 ml (2 1/2 cups) hen inventory, 1/2 tsp black pepper
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Take one other massive saucepan and add within the butter and onions. Warmth on low-medium and prepare dinner the onion for about 5-6 minutes, stirring usually, till mushy.
2 tbsp unsalted butter, 1 small onion
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Add within the flour and blend it into the onions and butter utilizing a balloon whisk. It ought to type right into a creamy paste (or roux).
2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour
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Add the milk to the roux just a little at a time stirring constantly with the whisk till all of the milk us integrated.
300 ml (1 1/4 cup) milk
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Then pour within the inventory and veggies you cooked earlier into the massive saucepan with the milk combination and stir till absolutely mixed
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Add within the shredded cooked hen. Carry again to *virtually* boiling and add in half the lemon juice. Give it a stir and style. Add the remainder of the lemon juice if wanted.
300 g (10.5oz) cooked shredded hen, 2 tbsp lemon juice
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Add the recent tortellini and warmth by means of for 3-5 minutes (relying on the dimensions of the tortellini) till scorching inside.
250 g (8.8 oz) pack of recent tortellini
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Season to style with salt and pepper after which sprinkle on some recent thyme, earlier than serving.
a number of sprigs of recent thyme
Make forward
You may make this forward, however I’d suggest leaving out the shredded hen till you come to reheat it. Rotisserie hen has already been cooked as soon as. Cooking it once more within the soup, then reheating a 3rd time isn’t beneficial. So omit the hen, and add it in when reheating.
In the event you’re utilizing a tortellini that has a cooked filling, I’d suggest leaving that out too, and including it in with the hen when reheating.
Make the soup base as much as two days forward. Cool, cowl and refrigerate.
Reheat in a saucepan with the hen and tortellini, over a medium warmth, till piping scorching all through. It’s possible you’ll want so as to add a splash extra inventory to loosen up the soup.
Are you able to freeze it?
No, I don’t suggest freezing this soup. The milk within the soup could trigger the soup to separate or grow to be grainy.
Dietary Data is approx per serving (this recipe serves 4). That is based mostly on the tortellini being a refrigerated cheese tortellini, with the whole pack calorie quantity of 778.
Energy: 467kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 32g | Fats: 19g | Saturated Fats: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g | Monounsaturated Fats: 4g | Trans Fats: 0.2g | Ldl cholesterol: 105mg | Sodium: 1302mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 9g
Diet data is robotically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
This soup was first posted in January 2017. Up to date since with recipe enhancements, new images and for housekeeping causes.
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