Spring Nettle Soup with Chicken and Egg

Beautiful, bright, healthy, for lunch for the whole family! Nettle soup with eggs, potatoes and chicken is made in early spring, as it requires young nettles. It is during this period that it contains the maximum amount of useful substances. Making this soup is not at all difficult.
cook time: 1h
Chloe Benton
Spring Nettle Soup with Chicken and Egg

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

112
Calories
5g
Fat
8g
Carbs
9g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Onion 1 pc
Salt to taste
Eggs (boiled) 3 pc
Potato 3 pc
Carrot 1 pc
Dill (bunch) to taste
Nettle (bunch) pc
Chicken legs 2 pc

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to cook nettle soup with egg, potatoes and chicken? Prepare your food. For the broth, take any parts of the chicken, I used drumsticks, but thighs, fillets, and the bones left over from filleting will also work. Boil the eggs first. Pick young nettles, trying to take only the top fresh shoots. Be careful, it burns strongly, use gloves.

Step 2

Step 2
First of all, fill the drumsticks with cold, clean water and place the pan with them on low heat to simmer. While the broth is boiling, prepare the nettles. Place it in a bowl, fill it with cold water and rinse thoroughly to remove dirt and sand. Then drain the water. Do all this with gloves, the nettle still stings. To rid it of this, pour boiling water over the nettle and soak in it for one minute.

Step 3

Step 3
Drain the boiling water from the nettle, collect the herb itself into a ball and squeeze lightly. Chop the nettles quite finely, just as you would cut greens.

Step 4

Step 4
Rinse the dill with water, dry and finely chop with a knife. Instead of dill (or together with it), you can take any other greens. Set the nettles and dill aside for now.

Step 5

Step 5
Meanwhile, the broth will boil; remove the foam from it with a slotted spoon. Add salt, reduce heat and simmer the broth, covered, for 30-40 minutes, depending on the parts of the chicken.

Step 6

Step 6
Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables. Peel the onion and cut into small pieces.

Step 7

Step 7
Wash the carrots, peel and cut into small pieces. Or grate on a coarse grater, as you prefer.

Step 8

Step 8
Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into large cubes.

Step 9

Step 9
Peel the eggs and cut into cubes.

Step 10

Step 10
The broth has already cooked for the required time, add the potatoes into it.

Step 11

Step 11
And then onions and carrots. Cover the pan again with a lid and simmer the soup for 15 minutes, the potatoes should become soft.

Step 12

Step 12
Add chopped eggs to the soup. Wait for it to boil, boil it for just a couple of minutes.

Step 13

Step 13
Add chopped nettles and dill. Stir. Wait until the soup boils again and immediately turn off the heat — this way you will preserve both the color and vitamins of the nettle. Cover the pan with a lid and leave for 10 minutes.

Step 14

Step 14
Serve the soup with sour cream and rye bread. Bon appetit!

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