Basil Chicken Soup Recipes

BASIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken, water, and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil in a large stockpot. Skim foam. Add onions, celery, and garlic. Reduce heat. Simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
• Remove breast, and set aside. Add carrots. Simmer, partially covered, for 40 minutes.
• Remove remaining chicken; discard back and wings. Let cool slightly. Remove meat from bones, and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Stir in desired amount of chicken; reserve the rest for another use. Skim fat. Season with salt.

THAI-STYLE CHICKEN SOUP WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Cut off and discard top of lemongrass, leaving 6-inch stalks, then finely chop. Cook lemongrass, shallots, and garlic in oil in a large heavy pot over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until well browned, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Add stock, reserved tomato juice, tamarind, fish sauce, chiles, lime leaves, and ginger and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes.
• While soup simmers, freeze chicken breast just until slightly firm, 20 to 30 minutes, then thinly slice crosswise.
• Strain stock through a fine-mesh sieve into a large saucepan, pressing hard on and then discarding solids. Return to a simmer and stir in chicken, diced tomatoes, snow peas, and basil. Gently simmer just until chicken is cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with additional fish sauce and salt.

AUTHENTIC THAI BASIL CHICKEN (VERY EASY AND FAST)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add chicken; cook and stir until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in oyster sauce, soy sauce, and sugar. Stir in chile peppers. Pour in water. Cook until slightly thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in basil before serving.

LEMON BASIL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts on a cutting board. Flatten slightly using the smooth side of a meat mallet. Dust both sides lightly with flour.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until bubbling. Saute chicken breasts until lightly browned, about 3 minutes per side. Add chicken stock, lemon juice, basil, and lemon zest. Cover and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a warm platter. Cover loosely to keep warm. Boil remaining liquid over high heat, uncovered, until reduced to 1/2 cup. Spoon sauce over chicken.

TOMATO-BASIL SOUP WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup dressing in medium saucepan on medium heat. Add chicken; cook 8 to 10 min. or until done. Remove chicken from pan; set aside.
• Add remaining dressing to saucepan. Add carrots, onions, garlic and 1/4 cup basil; cook and stir 5 min. Stir in chicken broth and tomatoes. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer 10 to 15 min. or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
• Add remaining basil. Use immersion blender to blend soup until smooth. Add chicken and cheese; stir. Bring to boil; simmer 5 min., stirring occasionally.

BASIL CREAM CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute the chicken, onions and mushrooms in oil until the chicken is no longer pink. , Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add broth and cream. Stir in basil and pepper. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in chicken mixture. Serve over fettuccine.

CHICKEN TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine meat, mushrooms, onion, garlic, oil, salt, pepper and wine in a pan and sautee until meat is just about done and veggies are soft.
• While the meat+ are cooking add the remainder of the ingredients to a crock pot or regular pot.
• When meat is done, add it to the pot.
• Cook on low on the stove for 2 hours or high in the crock pot for 4 hours.
• An hour before the soup is done, cook pasta.
• When ready to eat, add pasta to soup and garnish with shredded mozz. cheese.
• ENJOY!

CREAM OF BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, simmer broth and basil, uncovered, for 15 minutes. In another saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour and pepper until smooth; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; gradually stir in broth and sour cream (do not boil).

BASIL CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 2 to 3 quart pan, combine butter, onion, and garlic.
• Stir occasionally over medium heat until onion is limp and slightly tinged with brown, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in flour to coat onion.
• Gradually stir in broth, and bring to a boil on high heat.
• Add potato and carrots; cover and simmer over low heat until potato is tender when pierced, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add chicken; cover and simmer just until chicken is hot, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in basil.
• Ladle into bowl and offer cheese to add to taste.