This hen and tortellini soup is strictly what I crave on a chilly UK night. It’s a lighter dinner (utilizing milk, as a substitute of cream), nevertheless it feels filling and satisfying.
Nicky’s Notes
I’ve eaten SO MUCH of this soup recently.
Regardless of retesting this recipe not too long ago (I made a couple of tweaks for higher flavour and to simplify the recipe), then making it once more to {photograph} it, I then made it AGAIN a couple of days later as a result of I couldn’t cease enthusiastic about it.
And now I’m writing up, I’m pondering it could be tomorrow’s dinner too.
A couple of notes:
- Go for tasty tortellini. One thing you want and has flavour.
- Don’t miss out the lemon juice. It lifts the flavour of the entire soup – with out making it lemony.
- I photographed this recipe with bread, nevertheless it doesn’t want it! It’s filling sufficient. Plus the tortellini must be the star carb in my view.
📋 Substances for Rooster Tortellini Soup
***Full recipe with detailed portions within the recipe card under***
Inventory – go along with a robust inventory. I exploit 3 oxo cubes or 2 stronger-flavoured inventory pots.
What flavour tortellini to make use of
I really like prosciutto/ham & mozzarella or mushroom & ricotta as I feel it really works greatest with the flavours of the soup. Use your favorite – though personally I’d keep away from tomato or pesto-filled tortellini for this explicit recipe.
Abbreviated Recipe
***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card under***
Simmer carrots, celery, seasoning and inventory till tender. In the meantime soften onions in a big saucepan with butter. Stir in flour, then slowly stir in milk. Stir and warmth till thickened. Add the greens and inventory, shredded hen, lemon juice and tortellini. Warmth for 3-4 minutes, till the tortellini is scorching all through.
Recipe Ideas
- Go together with your favorite tortellini. Cheese/hen/ham primarily based ones work greatest. It’s also possible to swap with contemporary ravioli if most popular.
- Simmer gently, don’t boil quickly – as this may occasionally trigger the soup to separate.
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Add the carrots, celery, salt, pepper, thyme and inventory to a saucepan. Deliver to the boil and permit to simmer for quarter-hour after which flip off the warmth.
2 medium carrots, 2 sticks of celery, 1/4 tsp salt, 2 sprigs of thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme, 600 ml (2 1/2 cups) hen inventory, 1/2 tsp black pepper
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Take one other massive saucepan and add within the butter and onions. Warmth on low-medium and prepare dinner the onion for about 5-6 minutes, stirring typically, till comfortable.
2 tbsp unsalted butter, 1 small onion
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Add within the flour and blend it into the onions and butter utilizing a balloon whisk. It ought to kind right into a creamy paste (or roux).
2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour
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Add the milk to the roux a little bit at a time stirring repeatedly with the whisk till all of the milk us integrated.
300 ml (1 1/4 cup) milk
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Then pour within the inventory and veggies you cooked earlier into the big saucepan with the milk combination and stir till totally mixed
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Add within the shredded cooked hen. Deliver again to *virtually* boiling and add in half the lemon juice. Give it a stir and style. Add the remainder of the lemon juice if wanted.
300 g (10.5oz) cooked shredded hen, 2 tbsp lemon juice
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Add the contemporary tortellini and warmth by means of for 3-5 minutes (relying on the dimensions of the tortellini) till scorching inside.
250 g (8.8 oz) pack of contemporary tortellini
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Season to style with salt and pepper after which sprinkle on some contemporary thyme, earlier than serving.
a couple of sprigs of contemporary thyme
Make forward
You can also make this forward, however I’d advocate leaving out the shredded hen till you come to reheat it. Rotisserie hen has already been cooked as soon as. Cooking it once more within the soup, then reheating a 3rd time shouldn’t be advisable. So omit the hen, and add it in when reheating.
If you happen to’re utilizing a tortellini that has a cooked filling, I’d advocate leaving that out too, and including it in with the hen when reheating.
Make the soup base as much as two days forward. Cool, cowl and refrigerate.
Reheat in a saucepan with the hen and tortellini, over a medium warmth, till piping scorching all through. It’s possible you’ll want so as to add a splash extra inventory to loosen up the soup.
Are you able to freeze it?
No, I don’t advocate freezing this soup. The milk within the soup could trigger the soup to separate or change into grainy.
Dietary Data is approx per serving (this recipe serves 4). That is primarily based on the tortellini being a refrigerated cheese tortellini, with the full pack calorie quantity of 778.
Energy: 467kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 32g | Fats: 19g | Saturated Fats: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g | Monounsaturated Fats: 4g | Trans Fats: 0.2g | Ldl cholesterol: 105mg | Sodium: 1302mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 9g
Diet info is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
This soup was first posted in January 2017. Up to date since with recipe enhancements, new photographs and for housekeeping causes.
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