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Traditional Viennese beef and chicken soup

Recipe
Austrian cuisine
Soup
Starters
Beef
Chicken

The Traditional Viennese beef & chicken soup is a culinary masterpiece that perfectly blends tradition and flavor.

Ewald PlachuttaMario Plachutta

Cooking time: 3 hours

Ingredients (4 servings)
2 piece(s) Orange carrots
1 piece(s) Yellow carrot
½ piece(s) Celeriac
½ stick Leek
1 piece(s) Onion
500 g Beef (shank, chuck or round)
10 piece(s) Peppercorns
2 piece(s) Chicken legs
3.5 oz Cooked thin noodles for the soup
Salt
Some lovage
Granular stock as required
Chives for topping
Bone marrow cut into slices for topping (optional)
  • Peel the orange and yellow carrots and the celeriac. Clean the leeks, halve them lengthwise, wash them well and cut them into pieces.
  • Wash the onion with the skin, dry it, halve it, and fry the halves with the cut surface facing down in a pan until golden brown.
  • Wash the meat in warm water and place it in a pot of boiling water (about 3.5 quarts/liters). Regularly skim off the rising foam. Add the peppercorns, a little salt and the fried onion. Cook for about 2 hours.
  • Add the chicken legs, and after another 10 minutes add the orange and yellow carrots, celeriac, leek and lovage.
  • After a total of 2 ½ hours, strain the soup and season with salt and, if necessary, with granulated stock. In the meantime, cook the noodles in salted water.
  • Remove the skin and bones from the chicken. Cut the beef, chicken and vegetables into bite-sized pieces, add to the hot soup along with the chopped leeks and the noodles and heat.
  • Finally, top with the chives.

Tip:

 Finish by topping the soup with the bone marrow slices.

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Ewald Plachutta
Ewald Plachutta
Chef
Mario Plachutta
Mario Plachutta
Chef
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