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How to Make Chicken Soup with Sweet Potatoes

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How to Make Chicken Soup with Sweet Potatoes

This chicken soup with vegetables is a delicious, practical favorite. Chicken soup is always welcome, especially in winter when colds are common.

Total time125 min
Prep35 min
Cook90 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Recipe tags

Soups and stewsInternationalDairy freeNut freeEgg freeMediumLong cook

Ingredients

  • chicken breast
  • 1 large whole onion
  • 2 liters water
  • seasonings for the chicken such as cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, bay leaves and others as desired
  • 3 sweet potatoes cut into small pieces
  • 5 carrots, cut into small pieces
  • 4 chopped onions
  • 1 small cup olive oil
  • 1 cup small pasta

Method

  1. Wash the chicken with tahini, salt and lemon, rinse it, cut it and place it in a pot with the water, salt, spices and the large onion...
  2. Wait until the white foam appears on the chicken, remove it and the spices with a spoon, and let the chicken cook for about 20 minutes with the large onion ...
    Timers: 20 min
  3. Add the chopped sweet potatoes and carrots and leave them on the heat for another 20 minutes ...
    Timers: 20 min
  4. At this time, in another pot put the olive oil, the chopped onion and salt; sauté briefly but do not let the onion change color, then close the pot lid and leave them on low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, then purée them to get an onion purée and add it to the soup...
    Timers: 10 min
  5. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes and serve immediately while hot..
    Timers: 10 min
  6. You can add small pasta as desired by first frying the pasta in a little oil until it reaches a golden color, then add a little water just to cook it for two minutes and put it on top of the soup before serving
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