How to cook chicken soup with eggplant – a step-by-step recipe for a delicious dish

Eggplants are often used in summer dishes. Such vegetables give dishes a bright and rich taste. And they can not only be baked or fried, but also used in first courses. We at joy-pup offer a recipe for delicious chicken soup with eggplant.

Ingredients:

• 500 g chicken fillet
• 1 medium eggplant
• 2 potatoes
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• 2-3 cloves of garlic
• 1 tomato
• 1 sweet pepper
• 2 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil
• 1.5 liters chicken broth or water
• Salt, pepper to taste
• Fresh herbs (parsley, dill) for serving

Step-by-step preparation of chicken and eggplant soup

• Cut the chicken fillet into cubes. Wash the eggplant and cut into cubes. To remove the bitterness, add salt and leave for 15 minutes, then rinse. Peel the potatoes, carrots and onions and cut into cubes. Cut the tomato and sweet pepper into cubes, chop the garlic.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan. Add chopped onion and carrots. Fry over medium heat until the onion becomes translucent. Add garlic and sauté for another 1 minute.
• Add chopped potatoes and eggplant to the pan. Fry for 5 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes and bell peppers. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Pour in chicken broth or water and bring to a boil. Add chopped chicken fillet. Reduce heat and simmer soup over medium heat for about 20 minutes until chicken and vegetables are tender.
• 5 minutes before cooking, add salt and pepper to taste. Remove the soup from the heat and let it simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with fresh herbs and serve hot.

To be continued…