# Creamy Chicken Soup: IDDSI Level 3 recipe

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Level 3: Moderately Thick / Liquidised | 35 min | Serves 2

## Family version

- Chicken and vegetable soup
- Tender chicken pieces
- Crackers on the side

## Level 3 ingredients

- 180 g boneless skinless chicken thigh
- 100 g peeled potato
- 80 g peeled carrot
- 500 ml low-sodium chicken stock
- 80 ml cream
- Commercial thickener as needed

## Method

1. Simmer the chicken, potato, and carrot in stock until every ingredient is falling-apart tender.
2. Blend the Level 3 portion with the cream for at least 2 minutes until completely smooth.
3. Pass the soup through a fine sieve; no chicken fibers, vegetable skin, or other bits should remain.
4. Adjust with stock or thickener until it drips slowly in dollops through a fork and more than 8 mL remains in the syringe after 10 seconds, with some flow.
5. Re-test at serving temperature. Serve without crackers, herbs, or pieces floating in the bowl.

## Equipment

High-speed blender, fine sieve, 10 mL syringe

## Practical tip

Chicken fibers can hide in a smooth-looking soup, so the sieve is essential rather than optional.

## Before serving

Run the IDDSI Flow Test on the finished serving. Recipes guide the preparation; only testing confirms how the serving behaves.

## Safety

Use only the food and drink levels prescribed by the person's qualified clinician. Test the actual serving before it is eaten or drunk.