Canja (Portuguese Chicken Soup)
Canja is a comforting, traditional Portuguese chicken soup simmered with a whole chicken, aromatic vegetables, and rice. It yields a flavorful, nourishing broth and tender pulled chicken that can be enjoyed in a soup bowl or served alongside a buttered Portuguese bread roll.
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🍳 Cooking Flow
Boil water with salt, then add scored onion, tomato, turnip, and carrots. → Add the whole chicken, lower the heat, and simmer for 1 hour and 30 minutes. → Remove the chicken, add 1 cup of rice to the broth, and shred the chicken meat. → Return shredded chicken to the pot and simmer until rice is cooked through. → Serve hot in a bowl, mug, or inside a buttered Portuguese roll.
Cooking Steps
Brief Cooking Order
Boil water with salt, then add scored onion, tomato, turnip, and carrots. → Add the whole chicken, lower the heat, and simmer for 1 hour and 30 minutes. → Remove the chicken, add 1 cup of rice to the broth, and shred the chicken meat. → Return shredded chicken to the pot and simmer until rice is cooked through. → Serve hot in a bowl, mug, or inside a buttered Portuguese roll.
Introduction
Canja is a comforting, traditional Portuguese chicken soup simmered with a whole chicken, aromatic vegetables, and rice. It yields a flavorful, nourishing broth and tender pulled chicken that can be enjoyed in a soup bowl or served alongside a buttered Portuguese bread roll.
Step 1
Pour 4 liters of water into a large stockpot over high heat.
Step 2
Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the water.
Step 3
Prepare the vegetables: cut the top off 1 peeled onion and score a cross cut halfway through; score a cross cut into 1 whole tomato; score a cross cut halfway through 1 turnip (or potato); cut 2 peeled carrots in half lengthwise into roughly 4-inch pieces.
Step 4
Add the prepared vegetables (onion, tomato, turnip, and carrots) into the pot and bring the liquid to a boil.
Step 5
Add the whole chicken to the pot, reduce the heat to medium-low, and let it simmer gently for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Ingredients List
Important Notes
Cross-cutting the vegetables halfway through allows their flavors to infuse the broth while keeping them intact during the long simmer.
Alternatively to rice, star pasta (stelline) or cinnamon sticks can be used according to regional or family traditions.
You can serve the shredded chicken inside a buttered bread roll and drink the broth from a mug on the side.
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