My signature chicken soup recipe: great hangover cure for the festive season

This is the way I prepare my chicken soup recipe all the time. A simple hearty, flavorsome creamy chicken soup with and addition of cumin seed that makes all the difference. Get the recipe: https://www.thefrenchcookingacademy.com/recipes/signature-chicken-soup 🧑‍🍳 ENROLL IN MY COOKING COURSE FOR BEGINNERS: https://bit.ly/2QZM7TX 😀 SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/2Of3oJD 💌 JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER►https://bit.ly/2lNomli 🧅🥕INGREDIENTS🥕🧅 One chicken around 1.5 kg (2 drumstick, 2 thighs and 2 chicken wings) 1 small leek ( just the whitish part of it) 1 onion 1 carrot 1 celery stoke 2 garlic cloves 2 parsley stoke with the leaves on 1 bay leaf a twig of thyme 1 tablespoon rock salt half a teaspoon white or black pepper a teaspoon or more cumin seeds 200 ml liquid cream (heavy cream) around 6 cups water 1 cup pan fried croutons (optional) 1 tablespoon chopped parsley to decorate cooking time: 1 hour Cooking note: if using a whole chicken cut it into pieces and keep the breast for another meal. you really want to use a good quality cream. if you want you can just pass the soup through a sieve rather then mix it with a stick blender. ********************************************************************************** Quality French homeware: https://bit.ly/3jhcmE3 🥐 Become a subscriber and click the bell icon so you never miss a cooking tutorial: https://bit.ly/2Of3oJD 🎗️ join the FCA community on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2XaXw3F 🗣️ Spread the word about the channel and the website 🛒 Visit my Amazon cookware page: https://amzn.to/2sQZd9z. UTENSILS AND COOKWARE STARTER KIT: The cast iron pan I always use: https://amzn.to/343Pvn4 ****************************************************** The Mauviel pan I use plus good copper models: https://amzn.to/2RHSACP ******************************************************* Great all around cutting board (polypropylene): https://amzn.to/2POc0Ei Heavy duty cutting board (wood): https://amzn.to/2H4J5ZR Essential utensil set: https://amzn.to/2Y3eIc2 Kitchen scales Us Oz and metric grams: https://amzn.to/2Vj0Flx Measuring cups set: https://amzn.to/2ViYkqT Great starter cookware set (tri-ply clad): https://amzn.to/2DWJD2a A good nonstick pan: https://amzn.to/2VW02OF A Great cast iron enameled French made pot (Staub): https://amzn.to/302BvXi KNIVES AND KNIFE SETS: ******************************************************* Great value chef knife: https://amzn.to/2vKiB9M Forged knife set (mercer culinary): https://amzn.to/2WuDZvs Fibrox knife set (victorinox): https://amzn.to/2DRrbaV GREAT CULINARY BOOKS TO HELP IMPROVE YOUR COOKING ****************************************************** Great books for home cook (from Leiths school foof and wine): How to cook: https://amzn.to/2FW7ses How to cook pastry: https://amzn.to/2HrmKbz *************************************************** For people wanting to learn technique like in culinary school: The professional chef: https://amzn.to/2H4xPfW Le garde manger: https://amzn.to/3001yOH Paul Bocuse Institute culinary book: https://amzn.to/2H4jr7y The complete Robuchon: https://amzn.to/30172cb The professional Patry chef: https://amzn.to/301Q3WX Baking and pastry, mastering the art: https://amzn.to/2vCU0Ue Beautiful French Pastry recipe book: https://amzn.to/2H2a1tc CULINARY REFERENCE GUIDES: ************************************* Escoffier culinary guide (in english): https://amzn.to/2PP8ZUr Larousse gastronomique: https://amzn.to/2H4HWBK Le repertoire de la cuisine (in english): https://amzn.to/2H3TKE5 World atlas of wine: https://amzn.to/2VLiB84