Canja ~ Brazilian Chicken Soup with Rice
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
50 mins
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Servings
8 servings
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American, Brazilian, Portuguese
Canja ~ Brazilian Chicken Soup with Rice
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Canja is a traditional warm, comforting, and hearty Chicken and Rice soup in Brazil. Chicken on the bone is cooked with tomato, onion, garlic, and carrots in broth to extract all of the delicious flavor. The chicken is then separated from the bone, shredded, and returned to the soup. Then rice is added to cook until thick and creamy. The resulting dish is a thick, hearty soup with the tender flavors of chicken and the comforting texture of rice.
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Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 pounds chicken breast with bones
- 2 pounds chicken thigh with bones
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper ground
- 1 cup carrots diced
- 1 onion medium
- 4 tomato chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ cup parsley chopped
- 3 quarts of water
- 3 chicken bouillon cubes or 3 teaspoons chicken base
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Prep the veggies. Peel and dice the onion. Mince the garlic. Chop the tomatoes. Chop the cilantro.
- Preheat a large dutch oven or soup pot over high heat. Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Add the oil and the chicken to the pot to brown on one side, then flip to brown the other side.
- Add the onion, carrots, tomato, garlic, half of the parsley, water, and bouillon cubes. Stir to combine, add the bay leaf, and bring to a boil. Once boiling (takes about 10 minutes), partially cover, leaving a crack for steam to escape and simmer for another 20 minutes.
- Remove the chicken from the pot and separate the chicken from the bones, shredding it into bite-size pieces.
- Add the shredded chicken and the rice to the pot along with 2 more cups of water. Bring back to a simmer for 20 minutes.
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