Chicken Vermicelli Soup

by @ikrecipes

A light, comforting soup of poached chicken, carrot and thin vermicelli.

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken breast
  • 1½ l water
  • 1 carrot
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • ½ cup vermicelli
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

Method

  1. Poach the chicken in the water for 25 minutes; lift it out and shred it, keeping the broth.
  2. Cook the grated carrot in the butter for 3 minutes.
  3. Add the broth and vermicelli and cook for 8–10 minutes.
  4. Add the chicken, salt and pepper; finish with lemon juice and serve.