Chicken soup

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Dietary
Dairy-free

Known to many cultures as an aid to good health, chicken soup can also be a heart-warming meal in cool weather.

Ingredients

1 chicken, cut into pieces

2 onions, sliced

5 cardamom pods

1 cinnamon stick

5 cloves of garlic, cut in half

1 cube of chicken stock

Whole black peppercorns

Salt

Water to cover the chicken

1 lime

Method

Fry the chicken and onions until slightly brown. Put all ingredients except the lime in a large pot. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes. Strain the soup and serve as a broth with a squeeze of lime juice. You can fry the leftover chicken pieces and serve them separately.