Curry Chicken And Rice Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup uncooked chicken, diced
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup celery, chopped
• 1/4 cup carrot, diced
• 2 tart apples, pared and chopped (if sweet do not add sugar)
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon curry powder (to taste)
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1 tomato, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley or 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, snipped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon mace
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 cup cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 cook chicken, onion, celery, and apple in melted butter in a large saucepan or dutch oven until lightly browned.
• 2 stir in flour and curry powder. gradually add chicken broth, stirring constantly.
• 3 stir in remaining ingredients. cook, covered, over low heat until chicken is tender.
• 4 remove and reserve chicken. strain soup, discarding cloves.
• 5 puree vegetables in an electric blender or food processor. return soup and vegetable puree to saucepan. mix in chicken and heat to serving temperature.
• 6 mix in hot cooked rice and serve.