Make Ahead
Sandra's chicken and veg creamy broth
- Prep time 45 minutes
- Cook time 2 hours 30 minutes
- Serves 4
Author Notes
this is my version of a classic dish from my hometown in Belgium, Ghent, it is called waterzooi —Sandra Slawinski
What You'll Need
Ingredients
-
1 piece
whole chicken
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3 pieces
medium size carrots
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2 pieces
leeks
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6 pieces
medium size potaoes
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1 piece
medium sized onion
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1 sprig
bouquet garni
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200 milliliters
cream
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2 pieces
eggs
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2 pinches
mutmeg
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1 bunch
flat parsley
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1 tablespoon
butter
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1 pinch
salt and pepper
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3 liters
filtered tap water
Directions
- Cut the chicken in 6 pieces : 2 filet, each leg cut in half with skin and reserve in the fridge.
- Add to a large stock pot 3 liters of filtered water, season the water with salt. Add the chicken carcass, onion, celery, 1 leek and the dark leaves from the leeks, 1 carrot chopped in chunks, bouquet garni. Let simmer for 2 hours. Sieve the broth, discard of the carcass and boiled veg, they gave their best!
- Add the 6 chicken cuts to the warm chicken stock, simmer for 20 minutes on medium heat so the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken, remove the skin and reserve the chicken. Reserve the chicken stock.
- Let the chicken stock boil to reduce. Boil the potatoes till cooked, sieve and reserve.
- Slice the carrots in thin rounds. Cut the leeks in fine julienne. Add to a frying pan a table spoon of butter and toss the veg into the pan, saute them for a few minutes on low heat.
- Half the chicken stock , freeze half to make soup later. Add to half the stock 2/3 of the cream, stir to combine . Make a "liaison": add in a bowl the left over cream and the 2 egg yolks and whisk them with a fork. Add the liaison to the chicken broth and stir over medium heat. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Add the chicken and veg, heat and ladle the waterzooi in deep soup dishes, sprinkle with the chopped parsley and serve with the boiled potatoes.
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