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Adam Liaw’s side soup

Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw

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Side soup.
Side soup.William Meppem

In the West, soup is most commonly a first course, while in Asia it’s mostly served together with the main meal. This is a Western-style soup you can eat as a side dish with your main course.

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to serve

  • ½ small brown onion, peeled and diced

  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and roughly chopped

  • 1 carrot, peeled and diced

  • 1 stalk celery, diced

  • 1 small potato, peeled and diced

  • 1 zucchini, diced

  • 1 tomato, diced

  • ½ tsp dried oregano

  • 1 bay leaf

  • 1 litre chicken stock

  • salt, to season

Method

  1. Step 1

    Heat a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the oil and fry the onion, garlic, carrot, celery, potato and zucchini. Fry for about 6 minutes until softened, then add the tomato, oregano and bay leaf and stir through.

  2. Step 2

    Add the stock and salt and bring to a simmer. Simmer covered for 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning, then serve as a side dish with a little drizzle of olive oil on top.

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Adam LiawAdam Liaw is a cookbook author and food writer, co-host of Good Food Kitchen and former MasterChef winner.

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