Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Chicken soup recipe | How to make Indian chicken soup is a non-vegetarian Indian side made with simple everyday ingredients in about 35 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 25 minutes
  • Total time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 4 · 4 to 6 people
  • Category: Side
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 250 gms chicken ((bone-in chicken))
  • 1 carrot
  • ½ cup Sweet corn
  • 1 potato (optional)
  • 1 cup any vegetables of your choice ((optional) (cauliflower, celery,cabbage))
  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice ((helps in fighting flu and cold))
  • 1 tbsp ginger (chopped finely (optional))
  • 1 tbsp garlic (chopped finely)
  • 1 tsp ghee (or oil or butter)
  • 1 small bay leaf
  • 4 pepper corn
  • 2 inch cinnamon piece

Method

  1. Add chicken, potatoes, mixed vegetables, and 3 cup water to a cooker or pot.
  2. Tear the bay leaf to pieces and break the cinnamon. Add them along with pepper corn.
  3. Pressure cook for 3 whistles or boil until the chicken is tender & falls off the bone.
  4. Set the chicken aside. Shred the meat and discard the bones.

How to make chicken soup

  1. Heat a deep pan with oil, sauté ginger and garlic for a minute.
  2. Add carrots and sweet corn fry for a min.
  3. Strain the chicken stock to the pan and boil for a while until the corn and carrots are tender.
  4. Add salt and the shredded chicken. Turn off.
  5. Cool down the chicken soup a bit then squeeze in the lemon juice and add more pepper powder.
  6. Serve chicken soup warm. You can also add some boiled noodles to this.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.