Creamy French Watercress Soup

A velvety, classic French watercress soup that's fresh, elegant, and ready in under 40 minutes. This upgraded recipe includes expert tips, substitutions, wine pairings, storage notes, and everything you need to make the best watercress soup at home. After making this tasty soup, try these: Garlic Lovers Soup, Creamy Celery Soup, or Smooth Pumpkin Soup.

The French make the most of this nutritious leafy green vegetable, as watercress is so versatile and the French include it in many salad dishes, quiches, soups, and dressings.

This recipe is for a very easy version of this soup and is an everyday occasion in French households.

Basically, it is similar to the recipe for leek and potato soup, but a great big bunch of watercress is added to make a wonderful, green and healthy choice for family meals, and of course, it goes without saying, it is bound to impress everyone if you are entertaining.

So, follow the recipe for the leek and potato soup, I have also included it below for your convenience, and include the watercress.

The recipe originally gives water as the basis for stock, but here I would go all out for a good chicken stock, as it is just heavenly with the flavor of a good stock.

You can, if you prefer, use a good vegetable stock, but if you have a good chicken stock ready or in the freezer made from traditional methods, use this as your first choice.

Another method is to use a chicken stock made when you poach a chicken. You have a good meal from the poached chicken, then the next day the stock can be used in dishes such as this watercress soup.

It is really very easy and gives you some very good nutritious meals all from one chicken!