Maltese Chicken Soup (Brodu tat-tigiega)
 
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A wonderful traditional chicken soup for any time of the year when you need a little warmth
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Cuisine: Maltese
Ingredients
  • 1 onion finely diced
  • 1 garlic clove crushed
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 carrots chopped
  • 3 celery sticks chopped
  • 1 large potato diced
  • 1 whole chicken (with the extra livers and giblets if you can get them)
  • Liquid and two chicken stock cubes
  • Handful of rice or small pasta
  • Small bunch of parsley
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • Salt and pepper for seasoning
  • Olive oil for frying
  • Lemon for serving
Instructions
  1. Fry the onion for a few minutes in a large soup pot.
  2. Add in the garlic, bay leaves and tomato paste and fry quickly.
  3. Add in all the other vegetables and fry for a further five minutes.
  4. Add in the chicken and enough liquid to just cover the chicken.
  5. Sprinkle in the stock cubes, add in some salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 1 hour.
  6. When there is fifteen minutes remaining add in your pasta or rice and parsley.
  7. Just before serving mix in the eggs.
  8. You can remove the meat off the bones at this point.
  9. Serve the soup in bowls with a wedge of lemon and further seasoning if required.
Recipe by A Maltese Mouthful at https://www.amaltesemouthful.com/maltese-chicken-soup-brodu-tat-tigieg/