Chicken Trahanas Soup with Vegetables
This Chicken Trahanas Soup is creamy and nutritious because apart from its own qualities, many vegetables are also added to it.
The classic Chicken Trahanas Soup does not contain any vegetables in it but once you try this one, you will never do the classic one again.
Before going to the recipe, we returned from Sparta last night after the funeral of my mother-in-law and I wish to thank all of you for your sympathy and kind words.
Apart from the economic crisis even the weather is conspiring against us this year. A big Siberian Freeze is hitting Europe the past week with snowfall all over the country, even here in Athens.
We are experiencing temperatures below 0C and temperature is expected to drop even more.
It is snowing right now as I am writing this post and I am freezing.
Although in similar weather conditions the central heating should be on right now, many tenants do not have money to pay their share of fuel, so the administrator of the building said that as of today we will not be having any heating.
Last week my e-cookbook was published on Amazon kindle. If you are interested to learn how to self publish I have written a synopsis of what I have learned on the cookbook blog.
We don't eat soups very often but with this cold weather I've been making a few soups to keep us warm.
I had prepared this recipe last week and was about to post just before we heard the sad news and did not manage to post it.
Today is very cold, so I think I am going to make this soup today as well.
This soup was made with leftover rotisserie chicken. However you can make it with leftover roasted turkey but you can also make it from scratch using half chicken with skin and bones on to get the broth and any vegetables you have in your fridge.
Trahanas adds considerably to the taste but also thickens the soup. However, if you don't have any I would suggest you add half a cup of very small pasta and when cooked mix in 2 tablespoons Greek yoghurt or feta.
Ingredients for the Chicken Trahanas Soup with Vegetables
- Onion
- Garlic
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Potato
- Celery
- Carrots
- Mushrooms (optional)
- Cabbage (optional)
- Tomato
- Parsley (optional)
- Chicken or turkey stock (about 5 cups) or water with 1 bio chicken bouillon
- Leftover Rotisserie roasted chicken or turkey (about 1 cup or more)
- Trahanas
- Halloumi cheese
How to make the Chicken Trahanas Soup with Vegetables
Heat the olive oil and sauté the onion until translucent.
Add the garlic and saute for a few seconds; Then add all the remaining vegetables, salt and pepper and stock to cover the vegetables.
Bring to a boil, lower heat and cook until all the vegetables are soft, about 1 hour.
Meanwhile, remove skin and bones, if any from the chicken and cut it into smaller pieces.
Add to cooked vegetables as well as trahanas and halloumi and simmer for 15 minutes.
Serve with some freshly grated black pepper on top!
Chicken Trahanas Soup with Vegetables
This Chicken Trahanas Soup is creamy and nutritious because apart from its own qualities, many vegetables are also added to it.
Ingredients
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small potato, peeled and cubed
- ½ cup celery, finely chopped
- 2 mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 2 small carrots, peeled and cubed
- 2 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
- 1 cup cabbage, finely chopped
- 1 small tomato, peeled and cubed
- Chicken or turkey stock (about 5 cups) or water with 1 bio chicken bouillon
- 1 cup leftover roasted chicken or turkey
- 1 cup trahanas
- 2 slices Halloumi cheese
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil and sauté the onion and garlic until translucent.
- Add all the remaining vegetables, salt and pepper and stock to cover the vegetables.
- Bring to a boil, lower heat and cook until all the vegetables are soft, about 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, remove skin and bones, if any, from the chicken and cut it into smaller pieces.
- Add to cooked vegetables as well as trahanas and halloumi and simmer for 15 minutes.
Nutrition Information
Yield 6 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 299Total Fat 17gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 11gCholesterol 91mgSodium 239mgCarbohydrates 10gFiber 2gSugar 3gProtein 27g
"These values are automatically calculated and offered for guidance only. Their accuracy is not guaranteed."
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Kopiaste and Kali Orexi!
A beautiful picture of the snow! Greece must be beautiful when covered in a layer of white... I'm so sorry to hear about the heating. Really not funny.
Your soup looks amazing and so comforting! Perfect.
Cheers,
Rosa
I think right now it is warmer in the UK than in Greece, a historical satisfaction - were it not for the people who cannot afford heating. Houses in the south are just not built for cold weather. A soup is a great way to heat up, and this looks really good and easy.
Also in Italy there is a cold ice age.
A hot soup was just what we wanted.
Many thanks,
A big hug.
Seriously cant take my eyes from ur irresistible click,super tempting soup..
Too bad about the heating 🙁 But fortunately you have cooked some great soup 🙂
I never thought that I could cook trahanas this way... It sounds like a very tasty dish! I usually cook it only with halloumi, but I think I will give this recipe a try.
I hope you get back some heating soon: a cold house is not a nice place to be in. A hot soup definitely helps. We are actually having a normal winter here, for which I am grateful: cold enough but not too cold. I hope the sun shines again soon.
I am sure this soup is really delicious..I cant wait to try it..thanks for sharing..
This soup is very tempting. I must try this recipe.
thanks for sharing.
Hi Ivy, first time here and I absolutely love this soup! You're right, perfect for this cold weather! xx
I love trahanas soup! And with the chicken in, sounds even better!
Elpiniki
my-greek-cooking.blogspot.com
Dearest Ivy,
Hope everything is ok with you aside of the siberian cold and the crisis... we are just the same: freezing cold and with a huge crisis... and with tones of broth in the fridge for lunch, dinner and anytime. Your soup looks so tempting and comforting, there's nothing better for this weather than a good plate of soup!
Congratulations on your Kindle version Ivy! Your soup looks so warming and delicious! Hope it is helping to keep you warm.
Wow such a hearty soup for this strange winter. Even here in Africa it's snowing like crazy! Keep warm Ivy!
The soup looks perfect! I love to cook this recipe more especially with this cold weather here... Thank you for sharing the recipe.