Cooking For Two Chicken Soup Provençal Recipes

CHICKEN SOUP PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Heat a couple tablespoons of olive oil in saucepan.
• Saute chicken, onion, celery, carrots (if using), and garlic about 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes, broth, and seasonings.
• Heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat, stir in pasta.
• Simmer 'til noodles are tender, chicken is cooked through, and veggies are soft. (about 5-10 minutes).
• If desired, sprinkle individual servings with toppings.

RACHAEL RAY'S CHICKEN PROVENCAL " STOUP"

Steps:

• Preheat medium soup pot over medium-high heat.
• While soup pot heats, chop carrots into 1/4-inch dice.
• Put carrots and garlic into pan and stir to coat with olive oil.
• Chop and drop in the zucchini, pepper, and onion.
• Season all the veggies with salt and pepper and herbes de Provence.
• Cook the vegetables together 5 minutes.
• While they cook, cut the potatoes into thin wedges.
• Add wine to vegetables and reduce for a minute or so.
• Add the tomatoes, potatoes, and stock to the pot, cover the pot and raise heat to high.
• Bring the stoup to a boil, then add the chicken and lower heat and simmer 8 to 10 minutes until potatoes are tender and chicken is cooked through.
• Serve stoup in bowls and stir in a rounded spoonful of black olive tapenade at the table.
• Top soup with chopped parsley and serve with a crusty bread.

CHICKEN PROVENCAL "STOUP"

Steps:

• One medium soup pot preheated over medium high heat. While soup pot heats, chop carrots into 1/4-inch dice, then add garlic, and stir to coat in extra-virgin olive oil. Chop and drop in the zucchini, pepper and onion next, 1/2 inch dice. Season all the veggies with salt and pepper and herbes de Provence. Cook the veggies together 5 minutes. While they cook, cut potatoes into thin wedges. Add wine to vegetables and reduce a minute or so. Add the tomatoes, cut potatoes and stock to the pot, cover the pot and raise heat to high. Bring the stoup to a boil, then add cut chicken and simmer 8 to10 minutes until potatoes are just tender and chicken is cooked through. Serve stoup in shallow bowls and stir in a rounded spoonful of black olive tapenade at the table. Top soup with chopped parsley and pass crusty bread at the table for dipping and mopping.

ROASTED CHICKEN PROVENçAL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Put the flour in a shallow pan, and lightly dredge the chicken in it, shaking the pieces to remove excess flour.
• Swirl the oil in a large roasting pan, and place the floured chicken in it. Season the chicken with the herbes de Provence. Arrange the lemon, garlic cloves and shallots around the chicken, then add the vermouth to the pan.
• Put the pan in the oven, and roast for 25 to 30 minutes, then baste it with the pan juices. Continue roasting for another 25 to 30 minutes, or until the chicken is very crisp and the meat cooked through.
• Serve in the pan or on a warmed platter, garnished with the thyme.