Chicken and Lemon Soup

By DebCooks

A chicken soup with a great lemon flavor.

Ingredients

• 4 T butter
• 8 shallots, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, thinly sliced
• 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
• 8 oz chicken breasts, finely chopped
• 3 lemons
• 5 cups chicken stock
• 8 oz dried spaghetti, broken into small pieces
• 2/3 c heavy cream
• salt
• white pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Melt the butter in a large pan. Add the shallots, carrots, celery, and chicken and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally for 8 minutes. Thinly pare the lemons and blanch the lemon ring in boiling water for 3 minutes. Squeeze the juice from the lemons. Add the lemon rind and juice to the pan, together with the chicken stock. Bring slowly to a boil over low heat and simmer for 40 minutes. Add the spaghetti to the pan and cook for 15 more minutes. Season to taste with salt and white pepper. Add the cream and heat through. Do not let the soup boil or the cream will curdle.