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Chicken Souse

Name: Chicken Souse
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bahamas
Ingredients: 4 (bone-in) Chicken Thigh; 2 Potato; 1 Onion; 1 Celery; 4 Lime; 1 Chili pepper; 2 Bay leaf; 3 Clove; 2 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Black Pepper; 1.5L Water

Soup

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken and potatoes in a clear broth sharp with lime and chili — a Bahamian breakfast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Souse is a clear Bahamian soup: chicken, pig's feet, or mutton is simmered with onion, potatoes, celery, and allspice and made sour with plenty of lime juice and chili. It's a classic Saturday breakfast or morning-after-celebration dish, served with johnny cake.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Saturday morning in the Bahamas, a bowl of clear lime-scented chicken soup and round bread are set on the table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 4 (bone-in)
Potato 2
Onion 1
Celery 1
Lime 4
Chili pepper 1
Bay leaf 2
Clove 3
Salt 2 tsp
Black Pepper 1/2 tsp
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into large pieces and rub-wash with the juice of 1 lime.
Simmer the chicken, water, bay leaf, cloves, pepper, and salt in a pot for 30 minutes.
Add the diced potatoes, sliced onion and celery, and a whole chili and simmer 20 minutes.
Turn off the heat and add the remaining lime juice.
Season with salt.

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