Doctor Deaths’ Rooster Soup

Serves 6 Little Imps

Description/Notes:

A SOUPer way of keeping warm when on graveyard patrol

Ingredients:

half a 3 lb. (1.35Kg) chicken

half a pint (20 fluid ounces)milk

2 chicken stock cubes

1 small onion, skinned

1 tbsp. lemon juice

salt and pepper

half a pint of water

1 oz. (25g) plain flour

1 oz (25g) butter

Cooking Instructions:

Put the chicken into a pan with the water, onion, salt and pepper then place a lid on the pan
Cook over a gentle heat for about 30 minutes or until the chicken is tender
Remove the meat from the chicken and cut into small pieces
Strain the stock from the pan and make up to one pit with additional water
Gently melt the butter in a pan then stir in the flour and cook for about a minute
Stir in the milk and chicken stock and bring to the boil, stirring continuously
Add the chicken pieces and stock cubes then simmer gently for about 10 minutes
Stir in the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper