Romanian Sour Chicken Soup - Ciorba Radauteana

This soup was a big surprise for me. I had tried another recipe before and I wasn't very happy. I haven't had many other attempts since then. Until last spring, when I made this sour chicken soup and it became our favorite. Most of the time I don't keep the boiled vegetables in the meat soup, but here they fit perfectly and the soup has its charm. Even so, I only cut into cubes the carrot and celery - the pepper was completely disfigured and there was nothing left to cut, and the parsnip was too woody.

Ingredients
Chicken meat
1 kg
Bell pepper
1 piece
Carrots
1 piece
White onion
1 piece
Celery root
1 piece
Parsnip
1 piece
Salt
1 tbsp
to taste
Fresh parsley
1 bunch
White flour
1 tbsp
Egg yolks
3 pieces
Sour cream
400 ml
Garlic cloves
3 pieces
Ground black peper
0.25 tsp
Vinegar
2 tbsp
Step by step
Step 1

Peel and wash the vegetables.

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Step 2

Clean the meat. I usually remove the skin, so the soup is less fatty.

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Step 3

In a 5 liter pan, place the meat and vegetables: celery, carrot, onion, parsnip and pepper.

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Step 4

Pour enough clean water to cover properly.

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Step 5

Bring the pot to a boil. Skim off the foam from on top, make a low heat and simmer for about 1 hour or until the meat is completely done (in case you have country chicken).

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Step 6

After that, remove the vegetables and the meat from the pan, let cool a bit.

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Step 7

Cut the boiled vegetables into cubes (the ones you want back in the soup) and the meat into small pieces.

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Step 8

In a deep bowl, mix the yolks with sour cream and flour.

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Step 9

Then take a ladle of hot soup and slowly pour over this yolk mixture, stirring constantly in the bowl.

Repeat with about 8-10 ladles.

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Step 10

Return this sour cream soup to the original large soup pot.

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Step 11

Also put the meat pieces there.

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Step 12

And the diced vegetables.

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Step 13

Add salt and pepper to taste, sprinkle with chopped parsley (or other spices you like) and crushed garlic.

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Step 14

Add vinegar to taste. I don't put more than 2-3 tablespoons, but it depends on everyone's preferences.

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Step 15

Let the soup simmer for another 2-3 minutes. No more than that, otherwise it'll curdle!

Then turn off the heat, cover with a lid and let infuse for another 10-15 minutes.

Serve with pepper and plenty of appetite!

Enjoy!

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Quantity: 5 l ()
Prep time:
45 min
Difficulty: intermediate
Ready in: 90 min