I give it quite some thought to what soup recipe should I post first , should it be a traditional recipe, one discovered somewhere during a trip or should I risk a little with some creation of my own?
Some soups are already a “classic” in our every week menu; in fact I cook them often enough not to need a recipe any longer and to add some variations depending on the ingredients on my fridge, pantry and the inspiration of the day. So, I could go with any of these, but since just the idea of starting this blog turn on my creativity, I finally decided to start with a recipe I created the same day I started to shape “Around the bowl”
On one hand, chicken and leek are always a great combination in any dish and on the other hand, chicken and mushrooms are definitely two matching flavours, therefore by transitive property, so should be chicken+leek+mushrooms. I dare say without any doubt that it was!
Servings: 4
Preparation and cooking time: around 30 min (preparation and cooking time overlap, I start cooking some ingredients while preparing the following)
Ingredients
- 1 good dash olive oil
- 1 leek, sliced
- 3 handfuls of mixed mushrooms (I used frozen. I always keep a bag, they are such a resource!)
- 1/2 glass white cooking wine (I used Chardonnay).
- 1 breast of roast chicken, shredded (I used leftovers from lunch)
- Chicken stock, 1 liter (Unless I have home-made stock, I generally use good-quality bought stock, I avoid stock cubes since they are packed with sodium and animal grease)
- Marine salt and fresh-ground pepper to taste
- Finally chopped fresh parsley
Preparation
Heat the oil in a cooking pot. Add the sliced leek, reduce the heat to medium-low and stir-fry until translucent.
Stir in the mushrooms, pour the white wine and turn up the heat to let some of the alcohol to evaporate for about 3 minutes.
Add the shredded chicken, pour the stock and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer over low heat during 10 minutes.
Serve and garnish with parsley.
I hope you are tempted enough to cook it and enjoy it with your love ones!
Looking forward to your comments!
