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Creamy Chicken Soup

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Level 3: Moderately Thick / Liquidised · 35 min · serves 2

Creamy Chicken Soup prepared as an illustrative IDDSI Level 3 serving
Serving illustration. Follow the measurements below and run the IDDSI test before serving.

The family’s version

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

The Level 3 version

  • 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
Convert it
  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.
EquipmentHigh-speed blender, fine sieve, 10 mL syringe
SLP tipChicken fibers can hide in a smooth-looking soup, so the sieve is essential rather than optional.

Before serving: run the spoon tilt and fork drip tests on the finished plate. Recipes guide you to a texture. Only the test confirms it.

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