Description
Hearty Gordon Ramsay chicken soup delivers comfort with professional culinary expertise. Fragrant herbs, tender chicken, and rich broth create a soul-warming experience you’ll crave on chilly evenings.
Ingredients
Scale
Poultry:
- 4 chicken breasts
- 4 chicken thighs
- 4 chicken drumsticks
Vegetables and Aromatics:
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 4 large carrots, chopped
- 4 stalks of celery, chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
Liquids, Herbs, and Seasonings:
- 8 cups (1.9 liters) chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) olive oil
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon (5 grams) dried thyme
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Warm extra virgin olive oil (29.5 milliliters or 2 tablespoons) in a spacious cooking vessel over moderate temperature.
- Introduce finely diced garlic, precisely chopped onions, sliced carrots, and diced celery, allowing them to caramelize and soften for 5-7 minutes while stirring occasionally.
- Gently nestle chicken pieces – breasts, thighs, and drumsticks – into the aromatic vegetable foundation, searing each side until a golden-brown exterior develops, approximately 10 minutes.
- Cascade chicken broth (473 milliliters or 2 cups) into the pot, complementing with fragrant bay leaves and dried thyme.
- Elevate the liquid to a robust boil, then immediately reduce heat, creating a gentle simmer that allows flavors to meld and chicken to tenderize completely, roughly 30-40 minutes.
- Carefully extract chicken pieces, allowing them to cool sufficiently for effortless shredding, then pull meat apart using two forks.
- Strain the enriched broth through a fine-mesh sieve, removing spent herbs and vegetable remnants.
- Reintroduce strained broth to the cooking vessel, folding in delicately shredded chicken meat.
- Harmonize the soup’s flavor profile with judicious amounts of kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, adjusting to personal taste preferences.
Notes
- Chicken carefully simmered on the bone releases maximum flavor, creating a deeply satisfying broth foundation.
- Sautéing vegetables first builds a robust flavor base that transforms this from ordinary to extraordinary soup.
- Fresh thyme and bay leaves add elegant aromatic complexity, elevating the entire dish’s sensory experience.
- Combining chicken breasts and thighs ensures a more nuanced, tender meat texture throughout the soup.
- Shredding meat after cooking allows perfect, uniform distribution of protein in each comforting spoonful.
- This soul-warming soup freezes wonderfully, promising delicious convenience for future quick meals.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 40 g
- Cholesterol: 120 mg