Chicken and beans soup

Ingredients

• 200 gms chicken
• 15-20 beans
• 1 small onion roughly chopped
• 6 cloves garlic roughly chopped
• 1 green chilli slited
• 1/2 inch ginger crushed
• 1 crushed black pepper
• as per taste Salt
• 1 tbsp butter
• 600 ml Water or as required

Steps

1. After washing the beans thoroughly, boil them in a pan with 1 cup of water and a little salt for 3 to 4 mins. Set the strained water aside.
2. Boil the chicken pieces with the onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli and salt in a heavy-bottomed pan containing 500 to 600 ml water for 8 to 10 mins. Keep the strained water to use later as chicken stock.
3. Tear the chicken into shreds and remove any bones if present.
4. Use a heavy-bottomed pan to heat 1 tblspn of butter, then add the preboiled beans. As the chicken stock is already salty, season with a little salt and black pepper to taste. After a couple of mins of cooking, add the shredded chicken and chicken stock. Check the seasoning, then cook for 10 mins.
5. The soup is now ready to be served hot.