Lemony Spinach Soup Delight

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 6 cups chicken broth (made from a stock cube is ok)
• 1/3 cup basmati rice, uncooked
• 1 red pepper, finely chopped
• 1 cup frozen chopped spinach
• 1 chicken breast, cubed
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, combine chicken broth and rice and bring to a boil.
• 2 cook over a low heat for about 20 minutes or until the rice is tender.
• 3 in the final minutes of cooking, reserve two cups of the broth and then add the spinach, chicken and red pepper.
• 4 remove the soup from heat and cover while you make the thickener.
• 5 in a small saucepan, melt butter and stir in flour until smooth.
• 6 gradually add the reserved broth and cook until slightly thickened, stirring constantly.
• 7 in a small bowl, beat the eggs until frothy.
• 8 gradually beat the thickened broth into the soup.
• 9 then slowly add egg mixture to soup.
• 10 heat gently until soup thickens enough to coat a spoon-- do not boil!
• 11 mix in the ginger and lemon juice.
• 12 add salt and pepper to taste, garnish with lemon and serve immediately.