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Chicken Consommé Soup with Julienne Vegetables

This elegant soup looks especially nice presented with a mound of tender julienne carrots and a few slices of chicken. Use it as an appetizer course for a formal meal if you really want to show off your culinary skills. Many consommé recipes are colorless; it does not mean they are without flavor. Consommé intensifies the flavors of the ingredients used when making it.

Consommé is a clear soup. You will find it on the menu of the finest restaurants. Perhaps you have tried a chicken wild rice consommé or a beef consommé before. You will love the way this one looks and the way it tastes. This simple recipe does take time. In order to intensify the flavors, the most important ingredient you can add is tincture of time. It takes time for the meats and vegetables to give up their flavors to the stock; it takes time for the stock to reduce so the flavors are increased.

Serve this delicious consommé as an appetizer, as a light lunch or even a simple, elegant dinner. Serve it on its own or with some oyster crackers or a delicate bread. Consommé is also a wonderful, nutritious food that is perfect for anyone recovering from an illness. It is easy to digest and it delivers all the vitamins and minerals needed by the body. Keep some on hand. You can make it ahead of time and freeze it or can it in jars with a pressure cooker.

Aromatic and Delicate Chicken Consommé Recipe

Ingredients -

2 whole chickens
6 lbs veal fillet
5 quarts chicken bouillon
˝ oz salt
2 onions stuck with 2 cloves each
4 leeks
1 head celery
10 sprigs fresh oregano, for garnish

For the Julienne Vegetables:

4 carrots, cut into fine matchsticks
4 leeks, cut into fine matchsticks
2 tablespoons canola oil

Preparation:

First, make the chicken consommé.

Remove the fillets from the chickens and put the carcasses with the veal into a stockpot.

Add the bouillon and salt and bring to a boil.

Skim it well, adding the onions, celery, and leeks. Let the pot simmer for about 3 hours, skim off the fat, and strain it through a sieve or cheesecloth.

Meanwhile, sauté the carrot and leek in the oil until tender.

Slice the chicken fillets and sauté them until they are cooked through.

Divide the julienne vegetables between 10 serving bowls, top with some chicken slices and a sprig of fresh oregano and carefully pour the consommé into the bowls, around the outside.

(Serves 10)

Chicken Consomme Soup

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This clear consommé is a culinary delight. It does take some time to make, but once you taste its delicious chicken flavor, you will see it was all worthwhile. Serve consommé as a light meal or as a first course. Our consommé is served with an attractive mound of julienned vegetables, a few thin slices of tender chicken and a sprig of herbs as a garnish. This dish is worthy of a fine restaurant and now you can serve it at home. A dish like this is sure to impress the rest of the family.