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Spiced Chicken Piri Piri Soup Pots with Pepper

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A warming chicken and pepper soup with piri piri heat, sweet carrots, and bread for dipping.

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35 min360 kcal4 base servingsBatch CookBudgetWarming
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Focus ingredients: chicken breast, piri piri sauce

Dietary fit: Lower Sugar

Serving tip: Blend only half the soup so it feels hearty but still has visible chicken and vegetables.

Chicken Piri Piri Soup Pots plated and ready to serve.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 1 onion
  • 2 carrot
  • 1 red pepper
  • 300g chicken breast
  • 700ml chicken stock
  • 3 tbsp piri piri sauce
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 slices bread

You'll also need

saucepan, blender, knife

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Chicken Piri Piri Soup Pots cooking step 1: Get prepped.
    Step 1

    Prep the soup base

    Finely chop the onion, cut the carrot into bite-sized pieces, cut the red pepper into bite-sized pieces and keep the piri piri sauce ready. Cut the chicken breast into bite-sized pieces so it cooks evenly.

  2. Chicken Piri Piri Soup Pots cooking step 2: Start cooking.
    Step 2

    Soften the base

    Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a saucepan over a medium heat. Cook onion, carrot and red pepper with a pinch of salt and black pepper for 5-6 minutes until starting to soften but not brown.

    6 min
  3. Chicken Piri Piri Soup Pots cooking step 3: Build the flavour.
    Step 3

    Seal the chicken

    Add the chicken to the saucepan and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring, until the outside turns opaque.

    4 min
  4. Chicken Piri Piri Soup Pots cooking step 4: Bring it together.
    Step 4

    Add the stock

    Pour in 700ml chicken stock. Scrape the base of the pan so the softened vegetables flavour the soup, then bring to a steady simmer.

  5. Chicken Piri Piri Soup Pots cooking step 5: Finish the dish.
    Step 5

    Simmer until ready

    Simmer for 12-15 minutes until the vegetables are tender and the chicken is piping hot in the centre.

    15 min
  6. Step 6

    Finish the flavour

    Stir in piri piri sauce for the final 2 minutes, then taste before adding extra salt.

    2 min
  7. Step 7

    Portion and pack

    Taste and adjust with black pepper. Portion into soup pots with the bread or topping on the side, then cool quickly before chilling if packing ahead.