Curried Chicken And Ham Soup

Ingredients

• 3 fowls
• 1 pound lean ham
• garlic
• bay leaves
• spices
• whole mace
• peppercorns
• onions
• pickles (hot variety)
• 4 tablespoons curry powder
• 4 quarts strong veal stock
• plain boiled rice (for serving)

Method

1. 1 Cut three fowls into pieces. Reserve the best pieces of one fowl for later; cut the remainder of the fowl meat very small.
2. 2 Add the small-cut fowl, 1 pound lean ham, garlic, bay leaves, spices, mace, peppercorns, onions, pickles, and 4 tablespoons curry powder to a pot.
3. 3 Cover ingredients with 4 quarts strong veal stock. Boil until the soup is well flavored, then strain the liquid.
4. 4 Fry the reserved fowl pieces with onions. Simmer the fried fowl in the strained stock until quite tender.
5. 5 Serve the soup with plain boiled rice.