Chicken is justifiably one of the best loved meats in the world.

It is very lean, high in protein, highly versatile and is the key ingredient in many weight loss recipes.

For many people, the archetypal nostalgia food is chicken soup. Chicken soup is a useful meal and is frequently served to people who are in poor health, but it is just as valuable for weight watchers.

Here is a specially appetizing chicken soup recipe with a surprise ingredient for you to cook at home.

Before we commence, a few comments on purchasing the chicken.

If you are able to buy an free range chicken, do so, as it will be less likely to be contaminated with additives and hormones. It's also a sound policy from an humanitarian point of view, as some of the chickens sold in supermarkets are forced to live in conditions that are absolutely terrible.

On to the recipe.

It requires:

2 fresh oranges (juice only)
1 finely ground pepper (black
2 onions (chopped and peeled)
3 tablespoons of olive oil
750 ml of chicken stock
10 cloves of garlic (halved)
8 parsnips (either fresh or pre-roasted)
1 teaspoon of salt

Technique:

Heat oil in a pan. Place onions and cook until soft. Let 10 minutes pass and then place garlic cloves and the roasted parsnips. Leave some of the parsnips to be added later.

Fry vegetables until they are soft for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir occasionally while adding the parsnips (should be pre-roasted).

Pour the chicken stock into the vegetable mix. Put in some black pepper and salt. Allow to simmer up to 20 minutes. Liquidize this after.

To enhance taste, add seasoning and orange juice.

This dish serves 6 people as a first course, but you may choose to serve it as a meal in itself with wholemeal bread, in which case it serves four people easily.

If you like this recipe, you can easily discover a wide variety of for chicken recipes and soup recipes by spending a little time reading through any of the free recipes sites available online.

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