Chicken soup with millet: description, recipes

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Let's figure out what can be called soup. A dish (usually hot) containing at least 50% liquid can safely be called a soup. The inhabitants of modern Russia and the countries of the post-Soviet space have a warm memory of the soup, which was served in all canteens and cafes. This is the dish of our childhood.

True, not all children like to eat soup, so caring mothers come up with more and more variations of standard recipes. Today we will consider several options for soup with millet porridge. There will be both standard recipes and modified ones, with the addition of new and unusual ingredients.

What is the benefit of millet?

Let's start with the fact that millet is one of the most useful cereals. It is obtained from the fruits of millet - cereals that have been used in human nutrition since ancient times and have nutritional and healing properties.

Wheat contains more proteins than wheat, corn and rice, as well as many nutrients such as phosphorus, magnesium,calcium, tryptophan, fiber, B vitamins (B1 and B2) and antioxidants. It contains 14% vegetable protein, 60% carbohydrates and very little fat.

Due to its high biological and nutritional value, millet porridge and dishes from it (for example, chicken soup with millet) are recommended for pregnant women, nursing mothers and people who feel physical or mental fatigue. This porridge gives the body the necessary energy, strengthens the immune system, helps to keep he althy, beautiful hair and nails.

Who benefits from millet soup

Millet is recommended for people with stomach, pancreas and spleen problems. Eating millet porridge several times a week is an excellent protection against damage to the cardiovascular system and intestinal diseases.

Convinced of the benefits of millet porridge, let's move on to the recipe for making soup with chicken broth with millet.

Chicken heart recipe

For this soup you will need:

• chicken thighs - 300 grams;
• chicken hearts - 200 g;
• onion - 1 piece;
• carrot - 1 piece;
• garlic - a couple of cloves;
• potato - 300 g;
• millet - 250 g;
• s alt, pepper - to taste;
• water - 4 liters;
• vegetable oil - a few tablespoons.

Cooking the dish like this:

1. Prepare the hearts (they need to be washed, get rid of excess fat, cut in half) and chicken thighs (washed, trim off excess fat).
2. Bboiled water, lower the chicken hearts, cook for 5 minutes, add the chicken thighs. S alt the broth.
3. Next, peel the potatoes, cut into cubes. Add to hearts and hips.
4. Rinse millet thoroughly (preferably in 3-4 waters).
5. Preparing the frying. Cut the onion into half rings, carrots into thin strips. Squeeze the garlic through a press. We send the prepared vegetables to the heated vegetable oil (if desired, you can add a piece of butter). We pass 10 minutes. The fry is ready.
6. Pour the prepared millet into the pan. Cook over medium heat for 20 minutes. Ready millet should be boiled soft and soft. Also check the readiness of the hearts, they should be soft.
7. Send the fried soup, s alt (if necessary), pepper and boil for another 3-5 minutes.

Chicken soup with millet is ready.

Chicken and Pepper Recipe

Let's move on to the preparation of the second soup, which is called kulesh. Kulesh is a thick chicken soup with millet and potatoes. This name was given to him by the people. Let's start cooking.

You will need:

• chicken meat - 1 kilo;
• onion - 1 piece;
• carrot - 1 piece;
• sweet pepper (yellow) - 1 pc.;
• millet - 250 grams;
• potatoes (medium) - 4 pcs.;
• s alt, pepper - to taste;
• bay leaf - 1-2 leaves;
• greens - to taste;
• water - 3 liters;
• vegetable oil - a few tablespoons.

Cooking kulesh:

1. Preparing chicken meat (you can take any part of the chicken).
2. We take a cauldron or any pan with a thick bottom. We lower the chicken into the heated vegetable oil, quickly fry on all sides.
3. Cut the onion and sweet pepper into cubes. We rub the carrots on a coarse grater. Add black pepper, other spices, s alt to taste and prepared onions and carrots to the fried chicken. Fry for 5-7 minutes.
4. Next, pour water. Add diced potatoes, cook for 5 minutes.
5. Wash the millet (in 3-4 waters). We send cereals to the soup. Bring to a boil, add s alt if necessary and leave to simmer for another 15-20 minutes.
6. Remove the kulesh from the fire and let it brew for 10-15 minutes. Serve to the table, sprinkled with fresh herbs.

Kulesh turns out to be very satisfying. If desired, you can add lard to it, replace chicken with beef, pork or even fish. So the dish becomes universal, and every time it will have a unique taste.

Kulesh is a rather unusual recipe for chicken soup with millet, but both adults and children will like it. After all, it is sometimes so difficult to feed these little gourmets with a bowl of he althy soup.