Soups have been known to people for quite a long time. It is one of the oldest dishes that exist on the planet. The fact is that soups began to cook when they mastered fire. Boiled meat and vegetables for people were tastier than raw. In fact, soups made a revolution in cooking, as they were an indispensable dish in winter.
Later, each nation and country came up with their own recipes for soups
.
Some preferred cold soups like the inhabitants of hot countries. Some liked hot soups – the inhabitants of cold countries.
The most popular soups are considered okroshka, borscht, shield, mushroom soup and others. Let’s prepare one of the simple soups for every day.
Ingredients for the soup:
- onion – 2 pcs;
- carrots – 2 pcs;
- chicken legs – 2 pcs;
- water – 2 liters;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- potatoes – 3 pcs;
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- salt – a pinch;
- flour – 80 g;
- Provencal herbs – 1 tsp;
- dill.
Preparation of the soup:
Cut carrots and one onion coarsely, put together with chicken legs in a pot, pour water. Cook the legs until ready. Chop
finely the second onion, fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil. Grate carrots on a coarse grater, add to the onion.
Pass garlic to the fried vegetables, mix and fry. Remove the foam from the surface of the broth, take out the vegetables and meat. Put in the broth roasted vegetables.
Peel potatoes and cut into small cubes
.
Cook the soup under a lid for 15-20 minutes. At this time, separate the meat from the bone, add to the broth
. Break eggs in a separate bowl, pour flour and mix thoroughly. Add a teaspoon of dough to the soup.
Season the soup with salt,
sprinkle
in the Provencal herbs and leave to simmer under the lid for 5-10 minutes.
Chop the dill and sprinkle it over the finished soup
.
An excellent first course for lunch is ready.
