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Chicken Rice Soup (Portuguese Canja)

Here is my Mom's Portuguese Chicken soup
Recipe.  It reminds me of the
greek soup you can get at a greek restaurant.

--Karen



 

Ingredients:

1 Whole Chicken breast
1 small to medium size onion
2 celery stalks
salt to taste
3/4 cup rice
fresh lemon(optional)

Procedure:

Remove skin on chicken, I leave just a little for flavoring, place chicken
onion and celery (no need to chop vegtables) in at least three quarts of
water(going by my pan size). add Salt to your taste. Bring this to a boil,
let simmer on low until chicken cooked, at least 20 minutes, the longer the
chicken simmers the tastier and more tender the chicken. Remove cooked
chicken from the pot and pour rice in broth. (Rice quantity can be adjusted
to your liking, thicker or thinner soup. or you can add water to soup if
becomes to thick.) Bring rice to boil then simmer till cooked. Remove
chicken bones from cooked chicken and shred into bite size peices back into
pan with broth and rice. Discard celery and onion and serve with a little
fresh lemon squeezed over, Bon Appetit!