Hungarian Chicken Soup🇭🇺

Perfect choice! 🍲✨ Hungarian Chicken Soup (Tyúkhúsleves) is one of the most traditional and beloved dishes in Hungary. It’s a golden, rich broth made slowly with chicken, root vegetables, and sometimes homemade noodles or dumplings. This soup is often served at Sunday family lunches, weddings, and festive gatherings. 🇭🇺


Hungarian Chicken Soup (Tyúkhúsleves) 🇭🇺

Ingredients:

  • 1 whole chicken (or 4–6 chicken thighs/drumsticks)
  • 3 carrots, sliced
  • 2 parsnips, sliced
  • 1 celery root (or 2 celery stalks), chopped
  • 1 medium onion, peeled but left whole
  • 1 kohlrabi, peeled and diced (optional, traditional)
  • 1 small leek, chopped (optional)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 10–12 black peppercorns
  • Salt, to taste
  • Fresh parsley, for garnish

Optional Add-ins:

  • Homemade csigatészta (small spiral egg noodles) or fine egg noodles
  • Semolina dumplings (grízgaluska)

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