Tortellini chicken pot

AUTHOR
Pat Ware
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 medium sized onions (approx. 100 g each)
  • 1 bunch of greens
  • 1 TABLESPOON Olive oil
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 TEASPOON Peppercorns
  • 1 (approx. 600 g) Chicken breast with skin and bone
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 2 packages (250 g each) Tortellini with cream cheese and herbs filling
  • 150 ml Tomato juice
  • 4 TSP green pesto

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash and halve 1 onion. Roast in a pan without fat on the cut sides for about 3 minutes. Cut the remaining onions into large pieces. Clean the soup greens and wash very thoroughly. Peel carrots and celery root. Put cut celery green aside. Put 1 carrot and 1/2 stick of leek aside.

  2. 2

    Cut the remaining soup vegetables into large pieces. Heat the oil in a large pot. Add onion pieces, soup vegetables in pieces, bay leaf and peppercorns to the pot. Sweat for about 5 minutes. Wash the chicken breast and pat dry. Add the chicken and roasted onion and pour in approx. 1 1/2 litres of cold water so that the chicken breast is covered. Salt, bring to the boil and simmer gently over low heat for about 1 hour. Approx. 15 minutes before the end of the cooking time, add the remaining celeriac green. Remove the chicken breast and let it cool down. Pour the stock through a sieve (better: sieve with inserted, moistened passing cloth/etamine) into another pot. Season to taste with salt and a pinch of sugar. Cut the vegetables set aside into fine slices or strips. Pour approx. 150 ml broth into a smaller pot.

  3. 3

    Approx. 15 minutes before the end of the cooking time, add the remaining celeriac green. Remove the chicken breast and let it cool down. Pour the stock through a sieve (better: sieve with inserted, moistened passing cloth/etamine) into another pot. Season to taste with salt and a pinch of sugar. Cut the vegetables set aside into fine slices or strips. Pour approx. 150 ml broth into a smaller pot. Steam the vegetables for about 4 minutes. Prepare tortellini in boiling salted water according to instructions on the packet. Remove the skin and bones from the meat. Cut meat into cubes. Drain the pasta, add the meat, vegetables and tomato juice to the broth and season with pepper. Bring to the boil and arrange in bowls. Drizzle soup with pesto

  4. 4

    Steam the vegetables for about 4 minutes. Prepare tortellini in boiling salted water according to instructions on the packet. Remove the skin and bones from the meat. Cut meat into cubes. Drain the pasta, add the meat, vegetables and tomato juice to the broth and season with pepper. Bring to the boil and arrange in bowls. Drizzle soup with pesto

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
540 kcal
CARBS
47 g
FATS
20 g
PROTEINS
41 g