It is an old-wives story that individuals, especially children, will need to eat chicken soup when they have flu. What makes chicken soup good children with flu symptoms exactly? It’s because a bowl of chicken soup has ingredients that’s good for boosting the immune system, which therefore helps the body fight off flu virus.
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken carcass
- 150g cooked chicken
- 50g spaghetti pasta
- 2 onions
- 500ml milk (non-fat)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 chicken cube
- 300ml hot water (preferably boiling temperature)
- 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoon cornflour
- Salt and pepper to taste
- A pinch of nutmeg
- Chili flakes to add spice (optional)
How To Cook:
- Break up the carcass and pop it into a pan. Peel and chop the onions into tiny pieces, then add it to the pan with the milk and bay leaves.
- Dissolve the chicken cube in a boiling water. Then add to the pan, let it simmer for 40 minutes.
- Strain the liquid and return to the pan. Mix the cornflour with cold water, stir in some hot stock and then add this mixture to the pan.
- Bring to the boil, stir, then add the pasta and cook for 10 minutes more.
- Cut the cooked chicken into cubes (strips if desired). Then add to the pan.
- Let it simmer for another 5 minutes (just enought to heat the chicken meat). Add salt and pepper to taste, add a pinch of nutmeg (optional) and then add chili flakes (optional).
