Begova Čorba

Bey's soup — creamy chicken and okra with root vegetables.

Ingredients

• 1 kg Chicken
• 200 g Okra
• 2 Carrots
• 1 Parsley root
• 1 stalk Celery
• 1 Potato
• 3 tbsp Flour
• 4 tbsp Butter
• ¾ cup Cream
• 1 Egg yolk
• 2 tbsp Lemon juice
• 2 tsp Salt
• 8 cups Water

Method

1. Poach the chicken — Simmer the chicken with salt for 1 hour, then shred the meat and strain the broth.
2. Cook the vegetables — Cook the diced root vegetables in the broth until tender.
3. Add okra — Add the okra and cook 10 minutes.
4. Make the roux — Cook the flour in butter until pale, then whisk in hot broth to thicken the soup.
5. Temper — Beat the cream with the egg yolk, add a ladle of hot soup, then stir it back in off the boil.
6. Begova Čorba is ready — Return the chicken, sharpen with lemon, and serve.

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