Ingredients

• 250 g - skinless boneless chicken (fat removed)
• 1 liter - chicken stock
• 1 - cinnamon stick, 2 inches
• 2 - star anise
• 2 tbsp - dark soya sauce
• 3 tbsp - tomato puree
• 100 g - chestnuts, cleaned and sliced
• 2 cups - brown rice, cooked
• 1 tbsp - orange rind
• 6 tbsp - orange juice
• To taste - pepper
• To taste - salt

How to Make Chicken - Chestnut and Rice Soup

• Boil the chicken and shred it.
• Take a large saucepan and put the chicken stock, with the boiled shredded chicken in it.
• Then add cinnamon, star anise, soya sauce, tomato puree and chestnuts.
• Cover the pan and simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
• Remove and discard the cinnamon and the star anise.
• Stir in the rice, orange rind and juice.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Garnish with strips of orange rind.