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Canja - Chicken and Rice Soup

By Bonnie Hamre, About.com

This chicken and rice soup is flavored with tomato, garlic, onion and carrots, and is a favorite in Brazil.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 pollo (750 grs. aprox.) - 1/2 chicken
  • 1 cebolla, machacada - 1 grated onion
  • 4 tomates, pelados, despepitados y triturados - 4 tomatoes, unseeded and crushed
  • 1 tallo de apio, machacado con las hojas - 1 garlic clove, crushed with outer covering
  • perejil picado - minced parsley
  • 10 tazas de agua - 10 cups water
  • 3 zabahorias cortadas en tiras - 3 carrots cut in strips
  • 1/2 taza de arroz - 1/2 cup rice
  • sal y pimienta - salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Poner el pollo, la cebolla, el tomate, el apio, el perejil y las ocho tazas de agua en una olla y levar a ebullición. Cocinar durante una hora a fuego lento. Sacar el pollo y separar la carne de los huesos y tirar los huesos pasar el líquido de cocción por un colador y devolver el líquido a la olla. Agregar la carne del pollo, el arroz, y el resto del agua y llevar a ebullición cocinar a fuego lento durante media hora. Sazaonar la sopa resultante y servir caliente.

Place the chicken, onion, tomato, garlic, parsley and 8 cups of water in a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for an hour. Remove the chicken and remove meat from the bones. Strain the liquid and return to the pot. Add the chicken, rice, the rest of the water, then bring to a boil. Reduce heat again and simmer until the rice is cooked, about 1/2 hour. Season to taste and serve hot.

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