Ciorbă rădăuțeană is a Romanian sour soup of chicken or turkey dressed with sour cream, egg and vinegar, first made in Rădăuți in Suceava County.

Romanian Wikipedia says ciorbă rădăuțeană was first prepared in Rădăuți, in Suceava County, by Cornelia Dumitrescu, and that the recipe was registered on 14 February 1982 in the official recipe book of the Suceava county tourism office. Chicken or turkey takes the place of the tripe in ciorbă de burtă, and the dressing includes flour, salt, black pepper and pickled hot peppers. La Mama Universitate lists it among its soups for RON 29, with chicken, sour cream, egg, carrot, onion and garlic.

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Make it at home

Serves 61 hr 30 minEasy

Ingredients

  • 600g chicken breast
  • 1 chicken carcass or 4 chicken wings (for stock)
  • 2 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 1 parsnip, peeled and diced
  • 1 small celeriac, peeled and diced
  • 1 white onion, finely chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 head garlic, peeled and pureed
  • 200g smântână (sour cream)
  • 2 egg yolks
  • Juice of 2 lemons (or 100ml vinegar)
  • Salt, pepper, parsley to finish

Method

  1. Bring the chicken carcass, chicken breast and 2.5 litres of cold water to the boil. Skim foam, then simmer 30 minutes.
  2. Remove the chicken breast and set aside; strain the broth and discard the bones.
  3. Return the broth to the pot; add carrots, parsnip, celeriac, onion and red pepper. Simmer 25 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
  4. Shred the chicken breast into bite-sized pieces and return to the pot.
  5. Stir in the garlic puree and season with salt and pepper.
  6. Whisk the sour cream with the egg yolks and a ladle of warm broth; stir back into the pot off the heat.
  7. Add lemon juice to taste; the broth should taste lightly sour.
  8. Finish with chopped parsley; serve in deep bowls with rye bread.

Editor tip. Add the lemon juice at the end, off the heat: boiling will turn the cream-and-egg-yolk thickener into curds. Garlic puree gives more even flavour than chopped garlic.

Common allergens: Chicken, Garlic, Egg yolk.