10/10/2026
Green Amaranth And Chicken Soup
INGREDIENTS:
• 1½ quarts chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 potatoes, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cups chopped amaranth leaves
• 3 garlic scopes
• ½ cup chopped scallions, or to taste
• ½ cup chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cups cubed, cooked chicken, or as desired
PREPARATION:
Step 1. Bring stock to a boil in a stockpot. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add carrot and onion; cook and stir until onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Scrape carrot and onion into to stock.
Step 2. Stir potatoes and bay leaf into stock; cook and stir until potatoes begin to soften, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir amaranth leaves and garlic scopes into stock; continue to cook and stir until soup flavors have melded and potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork, 5 to 10 minutes more. Stir scallions, parsley, salt, and pepper into soup.
Step 3. Divide chicken among 4 serving bowls. Pour soup over chicken to serve.