🥣 NIX’S “CREAMLINE STEWARD”

Creamy Chicken, Celery, Mushroom & Carrot Soup (Named for its calm authority, smooth handling, and refusal to spill.)

Status: Fully Tested Appliance: Ninja Soup Maker Texture: Chunky-creamy (pieces suspended in silk) Mood: Comforting, steady, quietly competent

This is a classic white soup, done properly. No tricks. Just balance, patience, and cream at the right moment.

(All weights in grams, all seasoning in teaspoons — doctrine compliant)

Butter or olive oil — 20g

Onion, finely diced — 120g

Garlic, crushed — 10g

Carrots, diced — 200g

Celery, sliced — 150g

Mushrooms, sliced — 250g

Raw chicken (breast or thigh), diced — 350g

Dried thyme — 1 tsp

Fine salt — ¾ tsp

Black pepper — 1 tsp

Plain flour (optional, for body) — 2 tsp

Double cream — 180g

Stock build (locked doctrine):

1½ chicken OXO cubes dissolved in 750g hot water

Add to the soup maker:

20g butter/oil

120g onion

10g garlic

Select SAUTÉ.Cook 4–5 minutes until soft and lightly sweet. No colour.

Add:

200g carrots

150g celery

250g mushrooms

Continue on SAUTÉ for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice, until softened and glossy. Mushrooms should give up their water politely.

Add:

350g raw diced chicken

1 tsp dried thyme

2 tsp flour (if using)

Sauté 2–3 minutes, just until the chicken turns white on the outside.You’re sealing, not cooking through.

Add:

750g prepared chicken stock

¾ tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

Stir gently.

Select CHUNKY.Let the Ninja complete the full cycle without interference.

When the cycle finishes:

Add 180g double cream

Stir well

Taste and adjust seasoning if needed

If the soup is thicker than you want, add hot water 10–20g at a time until it pours calmly.

Chicken thigh = richer, more forgiving

Chicken breast = leaner, still correct

Cream always goes in after cooking

Flour is optional but gives classic “white soup” body

This reheats beautifully without splitting

This soup behaves itself.

Crusty bread or buttered roll

Extra black pepper

Eaten somewhere warm, without hurry

“CREAMLINE STEWARD”Because it’s smooth, dependable, and keeps everything exactly where it should be.

Part of the NIX SOUPS™ COLLECTIONMeasured. Traditional. Quietly excellent.

Logical evolutions already waiting:Tarragon French cut. Leek-enhanced winter version. Campervan-safe reheat edition that behaves impeccably on 12V without splitting, scorching, or sulking.