Easy Chicken Soup

This is a really easy recipe. Once you've got the ingredients together, there are only 4 steps.
It's quite easy to remember too. If you use the imperial measures there are two of each item (except the chicken), 2 pints of stock, 2 oz of butter, 2 carrots etc.

The secret to a really good soup though is to use real home made stock.

Ingredients

1.2l/2 pint chicken stock
A handful of cooked chicken, shredded
2 onions, peeled and sliced
2 sticks celery, finely chopped
2 carrots, peeled and finely diced
55g/2oz butter
55g/2oz plain flour
Salt and pepper

Method

1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and gently sweat the onions, celery and carrots until starting to soften.
2. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the chicken stock and bring to the boil, stirring as you do so. Season and simmer for 10 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
3. Use a stick blender to blend the soup to a fine consistency.
   
4. Add the cooked chicken and heat through.

Serve with crusty bread, nothing could be finer for lunch on a cold winters day.