Chicken Mulligitawny Soup

This is an old favorite soup of mine.  I first discovered it when I was in high school & I attended the applied technology college twice a week my senior year.  I was trying out the Culinary Arts program to see if that's what I wanted to pursue after I finished high school.  The Culinary program there was basically just students running the cafeteria.  I was assigned soups for quite a while actually and I was really starting to get sick of making soup.  Regardless, I frequented this recipe because the customers liked it & it was easy to make.  We made ours with egg noodles instead of rice, but I have changed the recipe here for a more traditional Indian inspired chicken, rice & curry soup.  

The most unique thing about this soup is that it has chunks of apple in it.  It adds a light sweetness to the soup & it's quite delicious.  My kids gobbled this up as well, which is a miracle in itself.  My 2 year old daughter was slurping it out of her bowl like it was a cup of chocolate milk.  So this is an incredibly kid-friendly meal!  Enjoy!

Chicken Mulligitawny Soup
Recipe instruction altered from AllRecipes by: Amber (Dessert Now, Dinner Later!)

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup diced carrots
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 2 tsp curry powder
• 2 small granny smith apples, peeled & diced (can substitute any tart apple)
• 1-2 chicken breasts, cubed
• 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 pt (2 cups) half & half
• 1/2 cup long-grain white rice
• 1 tsp sugar
• Salt & Pepper

1. Heat butter in a large stock pot.  Saute onion, celery, & carrots for 5 minutes.    Add flour & curry powder.  Cook 3 more minutes.
2. Next, add the apples, chicken cubes, chicken broth, half & half, rice & sugar.  Simmer for 30 minutes.
3. Season to taste with salt & pepper.  Serve hot.

This is an old favorite soup of mine.  I first discovered it when I was in high school & I attended the applied technology college twice a week my senior year.  I was trying out the Culinary Arts program to see if that's what I wanted to pursue after I finished high school.  The Culinary program there was basically just students running the cafeteria.  I was assigned soups for quite a while actually and I was really starting to get sick of making soup.  Regardless, I frequented this recipe because the customers liked it & it was easy to make.  We made ours with egg noodles instead of rice, but I have changed the recipe here for a more traditional Indian inspired chicken, rice & curry soup.  

The most unique thing about this soup is that it has chunks of apple in it.  It adds a light sweetness to the soup & it's quite delicious.  My kids gobbled this up as well, which is a miracle in itself.  My 2 year old daughter was slurping it out of her bowl like it was a cup of chocolate milk.  So this is an incredibly kid-friendly meal!  Enjoy!

Chicken Mulligitawny Soup
Recipe instruction altered from AllRecipes by: Amber (Dessert Now, Dinner Later!)

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup diced carrots
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 2 tsp curry powder
• 2 small granny smith apples, peeled & diced (can substitute any tart apple)
• 1-2 chicken breasts, cubed
• 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 pt (2 cups) half & half
• 1/2 cup long-grain white rice
• 1 tsp sugar
• Salt & Pepper

1. Heat butter in a large stock pot.  Saute onion, celery, & carrots for 5 minutes.    Add flour & curry powder.  Cook 3 more minutes.
2. Next, add the apples, chicken cubes, chicken broth, half & half, rice & sugar.  Simmer for 30 minutes.
3. Season to taste with salt & pepper.  Serve hot.