Roasted Root Veg and Chili Soup {with tips for the best Roast Chicken ever!!!}
There’s one thing I like and that’s lazy Sundays of doing absolutely nothing other than going for a walk, drinking coffee and reading the newspapers. This Sunday found me with oodles of energy, from where I do not know! I found myself spending a fair bit of time in the kitchen trying out new recipes having been glued to foodie programmes the previous day. I’d watched Simon Hopkinson roast a chicken on Saturday and thought to myself, sorry Simon, but my chicken is better than that! How modest of me!
I roast my chicken after spreading it with olive oil, a good squirt of lemon juice, salt, pepper and a generous helping of dried mixed herbs. I then shove the lemon inside the bird’s cavity which if witnessed by my husband usually generates an “UGH!” However, this Sunday I shoved a whole garlic bulb in there too {not easy given the amount of space, I can tell you} after reading about it in Kevin Dundon’s cookbook, Great Family Food. Double “UGH” was heard… Cooking time over and the chicken was delicious! A lovely golden colour, tasty crispy skin and lots of good flavour. Simple.
While the chicken was cooking, I made a soup based on one of Kevin’s from the same book, a lovely roasted root vegetable soup, gloriously thick and creamy, perfect for a damp, cold, miserable, wet rainy day like Sunday! Kevin gives a lovely recipe that includes carrots, parsnip, pumpkin {or in my case, butternut squash}, celery, sweet potatoes, onion and chilli flakes, all blended with stock and cream {I used crème fraîche}.
Initially the soup is just a pleasing veg soup but as you swallow it, the chilli hits the back of your throat for a lovely sting that would sort out any soreness! Absolutely delicious! Perfect with brown or crusty bread, this soup is a new winner that I’m only too happy to add to my repetoire. I hope you get to enjoy it too!
Xx Paula
Kevin’s book, Great Family Food is printed by Collins and is available from Amazon and all good booksellers.
A Kindle version is also available.
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your soup looks just beautiful…and lemon garlic chicken is my favorite, my mom really does make the best roast chicken in the world, and all she does it butter s & p and lemon, how she does it, i’ll never know….lovely post..sarah
Thanks Sarah! I made a large batch of this soup and it keeps really well. Hubbie has brought the last of it to work for lunch today so I know what I’ll be making this weekend! I love simply flavoured chicken, and lemon and garlic is best! Some recipes over-complicate food unnecessarily and turn your hair grey as a result!. Have a lovely day! Xx Paula