Date Published: Aug 28th, 2021 | Last Updated: Aug 28th, 2021
Author: Abby |Category: main, soups, easy, healthy, low-cal, healthy
Serves: 6 (as a main) | Prep time: 25 mins | Cook time: 1 hour
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This is my absolute favourite soup to make. It’s simple, delicious and filling. This soup is also low in calories if you use oil instead of butter, and milk instead of heavy cream (last I counted it was less than 400 calories per serving with the substitutions). You can make this as a runny soup or cook it down longer for a chunky heartier meal. It’s like a creamy chicken soup but with flavours of curry and a hint of apples. Sounds strange but trust me it’s SO good!
This soup is actually one of the first soups I learned how to make and has been a part of my meal prep routine ever since. I must’ve made it at least 20-30 times by now – and it never gets old! I like to make a big batch ahead of time and just portion it out for the entire week so this recipe will make one big pot (I usually get about 6 portions as a main dish out of it). Feel free to halve the recipe for a smaller serving.
Full disclaimer: I’ve never had authentic mulligatawny soup before so I’m not sure how close or how far away this recipe is to “the real thing”. I came upon this recipe originally from AllRecipes.com. Back in the university days when I was teaching myself how to cook, I would browse through that website and pick top-rated recipes that looked simple enough for me to attempt (there was a lot of experimenting going on in my mom’s kitchen during those days). I had no idea what Mulligatawny soup was when I first saw the recipe, but it had over 1000 reviews and a 5-star rating, so I knew it had to be something special. As you can guess, the soup turned out SO DAMN GOOD and surprisingly easy. I made the full fat version back then with butter and full cream so it was extra luxe. Over the years I’ve dialled down the calories and replaced the butter and cream with olive oil and milk. It’s not as indulgent, but still just as delicious. I brought it for lunch one day during vet school and needless to say, this recipe circulated around a few groups 😄. So to end my disclaimer: I’ve never had mulligatawny soup outside of this recipe (I’ve actually never seen it on a menu before), but this soup is damn delicious so you should try it anyway.
(From my research there are many variations of this soup – some people use coconut cream, others don’t include meat and the spices can vary depending on the recipe, so maybe this version isn’t so far away from what’s “authentic” since there are so many variations? 🤷🏻♀️)
Anyways, without further ado, here’s the recipe! If you have any comments or suggestions, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section! You can follow me on instagram, youtube and facebook to see all the recipes I post!
Happy cooking!
Ingredients you’ll need:
- 1/2 cup (114g) butter (or vegetable oil to cut down the calories. You can do half oil half butter)
- 1 large onion, diced
- Half a celery bunch (5-6 stalks), diced
- 2 large carrots, diced
- 1 package (500g/8oz) of white button mushrooms, sliced or diced
- 3 Tbps flour
- 3 tsps curry powder
- 8 cups (2L) chicken broth
- 1 apple, sliced thinly (2-3mm)
- 1/2 cup white rice, washed
- 2 chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 pinches of dried thyme
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 1 cup heavy cream (or 2 cups milk) – optional
Tip: Slice the apples as thin as you can so it softens easily in the soup (a mandolin would be helpful if you’ve got one). The apples are meant to fragrance the soup with flavour and soften up while cooking.
Directions:
Melt the butter in a big pot and sauté the onion, celery, carrots and mushrooms until they’re soft enough to break with a wooden spoon. You can put the lid on to soften the veggies quicker, stirring occasionally.
Add flour and curry powder to the pot and mix until combined. Sauté for 1-2 minutes (scrape the bottom of the pot while you stir to ensure nothing sticks to the pot).
Add chicken stock to the pot. Turn to heat up to bring it to a boil, then simmer on LOW heat for 30mins, occasionally stirring to make sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot.
Add apple, rice, chicken, thyme, salt, pepper and simmer until the rice is cooked (~15-20mins).
Once ready, turn off the heat and pour in the heavy cream or milk. Serve!
Notes:
- This soup tastes even better the next day! Something magical happens in the fridge overnight that makes all the flavours come together beautifully.
- The soup gets thicker overnight and becomes more like a “chowder” rather than a runny soup (which I think tastes even better and heartier).
Summarized Recipe:
Mulligatawny Soup
Date Published: Aug 28th, 2021 | Last Updated: Aug 28th, 2021
Author: Abby |Category: soups, mains, low cal, easy, healthy
Serves: 6 (as a main) | Prep time: 25 mins | Cook time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (114g) butter (or vegetable oil to cut down the calories. You can do half oil half butter)
- 1 large onion, diced
- Half a celery bunch (5-6 stalks), diced
- 2 large carrots, diced
- 1 package (500g/8oz) of white button mushrooms, sliced or diced
- 3 Tbps flour
- 3 tsps curry powder
- 8 cups (2L) chicken broth
- 1 apple, sliced thinly (2-3mm)
- 1/2 cup white rice, washed
- 2 chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 pinches of dried thyme
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 1 cup heavy cream (or 2 cups milk) – optional
Directions:
- Melt the butter in a big pot and sauté the onion, celery, carrots and mushrooms until they’re soft enough to break with a wooden spoon. You can put the lid on to soften the veggies quicker, stirring occasionally.
- Add flour and curry powder to the pot and mix until combined. Sauté for 1-2 minutes (scrape the bottom of the pot while you stir to ensure nothing sticks to the bottom).
- Add chicken stock to the pot. Turn to heat up to bring it to a boil, then simmer on LOW heat for 30mins, occasionally stirring to make sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot.
- Add apple, rice, chicken, thyme, salt, pepper and simmer until the rice is cooked (~15-20mins).
- Once ready, turn off the heat and pour in the heavy cream or milk. Serve!
Notes:
- This soup tastes even better the next day! Something magical happens in the fridge overnight that makes all the flavours come together beautifully.
- The soup may get thicker overnight and become more like a “chowder” rather than a runny soup (which I think tastes even better and heartier).
Polyphagic Abby 