Name: Spiced poussin soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 poussin; 1 large garlic clove; 1 piece of ginger; 1 chilli pepper; 1 onion; 1 chicken stock cube; 1 vegetable stock cube; 1 bay leaf; 2 medium carrots; 100g green beans or broad beans; 100g green peas; 1 small bunch of parsley

Spiced poussin soup

30 Jun 2021

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Total Time

50 minutes

Background

Poussin a good alternative for chicken, particularly if you want to cook for one or two people. This spiced poussin soup is perfect on cool spring & summer evenings - also when you have a cold or feeling a bit run down. You can add other seasonal vegetables too, such as kale, green beans, spinach etc.

Ingredients

1 poussin
1 large garlic clove
1 piece of ginger
1 chilli pepper
1 onion
1 chicken stock cube
1 vegetable stock cube
1 bay leaf
2 medium carrots
100g green beans or broad beans
100g green peas
1 small bunch of parsley

Instructions

Rinse the poussin and put it in a large pot. Add about 1 litre of water - it should cover the bird well. Peel the onion, garlic and ginger, add these to the water (as whole). Heat it up, and when the soup is about to boil, using a mesh sieve, skim off the scum that accumulates on the surface (keep the liquid at a gentle simmer!).
When the surface of the soup is scum-free, add the carrots, stock cubes and bay leaf, then bring to the boil.
Turn down the heat, put a lid on and gently cook for 35-45 minutes.
Now add the peas, beans and the parsley (tied together with some string). Turn up the heat and cook for a further 5 minutes or so.
Remove the herbs and the onion, then cut the carrot into bite-sized pieces before serving.