Autumn's Best Mulligatawny ( Chicken ) Recipe

Directions:

1. In soup-pot, cook chicken, water, salt and two of the onions, celery and carrots; bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover & simmer for at least a half-hour.
2. More finely chop the remaining onion(s), then in a large frying pan, saute onions in oil until transparent. Add chopped apples, continue sauteeing for 4-5 minutes, then add garlic to the pan.
3. Quickly sprinkle flour and curry powder over the apple-onion mixture, mix and cook for about 1 minute (maybe a bit more).
4. Remove one cup of broth from soup-pot, and pour slowly over the apple-onion mixture, stirring all the while; add another cup of broth if you'd like, and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
5. Slowly pour roux from frying pan into soup-pot; stir well to blend.
6. Simmer for another half-hour.
7. SERVING SUGGESTION: Put 1/2 to 1 cup of rice in each bowl OR over egg noodles, spoon stew-soup over rice and garnish with parsley.
8. OPTIONAL VARIATIONS: Figure one piece of meat per serving. OR Use 3-4 cups of meat picked from the turkey carcass at Thanksgiving. OR Add giblets to the stock as it cooks for additional flavor. OR Use bite-size chunks of breast meat in place of the whole bird.
9. SUBSTITUTION: Replace the water with chicken soup stock or bouillon.
10. WARNING: Do NOT mix rice or noodles with the soup when you put away the leftovers - the soup will turn into a soggy mess of curried pudding. Unless you LIKE that sort of thing - .