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Tanzanian Curried Chicken Soup

Chicken, celery and red apples simmered on the stove and spiced with curry powder for a Swahili soup.

45 min · Serves 4 · Easy

Serves
4

Ingredients

Time
Prep 15 min · Cook 30 min · 45 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Melt the butter in a skillet. Add the onions and celery and cook until the vegetables are limp. Add the flour and curry powder and cook, stirring, several minutes to mix the flavors.

  2. 2

    Transfer the mixture to an electric blender. Add the apples and the chicken and puree. While blending start adding chicken broth (no more than 1 cup). Continue to puree until smooth.

  3. 3

    In a saucepan combine the pureed mixture with the remaining broth and the bay leaf and bring to a boil. Remove the bay leaf stir in the cream and chill.

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