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Tavuk Çorbası (Chicken Soup)

Asia › Turkey
serves 8 4 hr 50 min Medium 6 versions
Lactose-free Iftar Stovetop One Pot
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Chicken Soup with Wheat

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

Ingredients

Servings 8 people
  • 1 piece whole chicken
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) wheat berries
  • 12 water glass (200 ml) water
  • 1 bowl tinned peas
  • 1 piece celeriac
  • 1 piece carrot
  • 1 sprig onion · fresh
  • 5 sprig parsley
  • 2 tablespoon tomato juice
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 piece peppercorns
  • 1 dessert spoon salt

How to make it

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  1. Pick over and wash the wheat, then put it in a large bowl.
  2. Add enough water to cover it and leave it for a few hours to soften.
  3. Peel and wash the celeriac, the carrot and the spring onion, then cut them into small cubes.
  4. Chop the celeriac leaves finely.
  5. Clean the chicken and put it whole into a pan.
  6. Add the vegetables you have chopped.
  7. Add 12 water glasses of water, the salt and the peppercorns and cook for about an hour.
  8. Once the chicken is cooked, take it out of the pan and put it on a plate.
  9. Boil the liquid left in the pan and add the peas, the wheat and the tomato juice.
  10. Cook over a low heat for about 50 minutes.
    50 min
  11. Take the chicken off the bones and cut it into thin strips.
  12. Add the chicken near the end of cooking.
  13. Add the finely chopped parsley, the salt, the black pepper and the olive oil.
  14. Bring it to the boil once more and serve hot.
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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 beans

serves 6 45 min

A soup made filling with cabbage, celeriac and two kinds of bean, flavoured with rosemary.

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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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