🇭🇺 Tárkonyos Raguleves – Hungarian Tarragon Ragout Soup

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👩‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Sauté Aromatics:

• In a soup pot, melt butter and sauté onion until translucent.
• Add garlic, cook for 1 minute.

2. Add Chicken and Veggies:

• Stir in chicken and cook until just white on the outside.
• Add carrots, parsnip, celery root, tarragon, bay leaf, salt, and pepper.

3. Simmer:

• Pour in broth. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 20–25 minutes until chicken and vegetables are tender.

4. Add Peas and Thicken:

• Add peas and simmer 5 more minutes.
• In a bowl, whisk sour cream and flour together. Temper with a ladle of hot soup, then stir it back into the pot to thicken.

5. Finish with Lemon:

• Simmer gently for a few more minutes. Do not boil.
• Add lemon juice to taste and adjust seasoning.

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🍽️ Serve With:

• Fresh bread or csipetke (Hungarian pinched noodles)
• Sprinkle of fresh parsley or extra tarragon

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Would you like a vegetarian version or a one-pot slow cooker adaptation of this soup too?