Chicken meatball soup
- Age: 2–3 years (Little cook)
- Texture: Family meal
- Prep: 12 min
- Cook: 20 min
- Makes: 2 adults and 2 children
Ingredients
- 300 g chicken thigh mince
- 4 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 800 ml unsalted stock
- 2 carrots, diced
- a handful spinach
- 60 g tiny pasta
Contains: Wheat, Egg
Method
- Your child mixes the mince, breadcrumbs and egg and rolls small balls; flatten them a little.
- Simmer the carrots in the stock 8 minutes; add the meatballs and pasta and cook 10 minutes until cooked through. Wilt in the spinach.
- Serve lukewarm; salt the adults'.
Safety: Meatballs flattened and halved for your child. Cooked right through, with no pink. Serve lukewarm.
Storage: Fridge 2 days.
Tip: Jobs for small hands: rolling meatballs. A soup for the day after a cold.
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