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Tavuk Çorbası (Chicken Soup)

Asia › Turkey
serves 6 45 min Easy 6 versions
Gluten-free Lactose-free Under 45 Minutes Lunch Iftar Stovetop
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Chicken Soup with Beans

One of 6 versions of Tavuk Çorbası (Chicken Soup). The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 6 people
  • 1 litre chicken stock
  • 500 gram chicken breast · boiled
  • 1 piece onion
  • 1 piece celeriac
  • 100 gram cabbage
  • 300 gram beans · fresh
  • half water glass (200 ml) beans · dried, boiled
  • 2 tablespoon margarine
  • 2 tablespoon rosemary
  • 1 dessert spoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

How to make it

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  1. Peel the onion and cut it into small cubes.
  2. Peel the celeriac and cut it into cubes.
  3. Wash and trim the cabbage, then cut it into thin strips.
  4. Melt the margarine in a pan and fry the onion lightly.
  5. Add the celeriac and the cabbage.
  6. Add the green beans.
  7. Add the chicken stock to the pan and cook for 5-10 minutes.
    10 min
  8. Cut the chicken breast into small pieces.
  9. Drain the boiled dried beans and rinse them if necessary.
  10. Add the meat and the dried beans to the pan.
  11. Bring the soup to the boil.
  12. Season with rosemary, salt and black pepper, and serve.
Tips

If you have no chicken stock at home, you can use stock cubes, following the packet so as to make up 1 litre of chicken stock. You can also use fresh rosemary instead of dried; in that case wash it, chop it finely and add it after the soup has cooked. If you would rather not boil or soak dried beans overnight, you can use tinned ones; rinse them in cold water and drain them before adding.

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Tavuk Çorbası (Chicken Soup) versions

They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.

With vegetables, milk liaison base Creamy Exotic With beans With liaison With wheat
Ingredient With vegetables, milk liaison Creamy Exotic With beans With liaison With wheat
chicken ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓
black pepper — ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓
chicken stock ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ —
carrot — ✓ ✓ — — ✓
flour ✓ ✓ — — ✓ —
onion — — ✓ ✓ — ✓
parsley — ✓ ✓ — — ✓
butter ✓ ✓ — — — —
celeriac — — — ✓ — ✓
egg — ✓ — — ✓ —
margarine — — — ✓ ✓ —
olive oil — — ✓ — — ✓
water — ✓ — — — ✓
beans — — — ✓ — —
cabbage — — — ✓ — —
chicken breast pieces — — — — ✓ —
ginger — — ✓ — — —
kaşar cheese — ✓ — — — —
leek — — ✓ — — —
milk ✓ — — — — —
mixed vegetables ✓ — — — — —
peas — — — — — ✓
pepper — — — — ✓ —
potato — ✓ — — — —
rosemary — — — ✓ — —
soy sauce — — ✓ — — —
soya oil — — ✓ — — —
tomato juice — — — — — ✓
wheat berries — — — — — ✓
yoghurt — — — — ✓ —
yufka (thin dough sheets) — — ✓ — — —

With vegetables, milk liaison

serves 6 50 min

Mixed vegetables softened in chicken stock, thickened with flour and milk and finished with chopped chicken.

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Creamy

serves 6 1 hr 40 min

A thick soup in which an egg-enriched roux goes into chicken stock whose vegetables have been passed through a sieve.

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Exotic

serves 4 1 hr 5 min

A Far Eastern take in which yufka parcels filled with a gingered chicken mixture are served in the soup.

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With liaison

serves 4 30 min

A chicken stock soup bound with a yoghurt and egg liaison, finished with oil infused with red pepper.

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With wheat

serves 8 4 hr 50 min

A soup cooked with a whole chicken, made filling with peas and wheat soaked for several hours.

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