Recipe of the Week - Old-fashion Chicken Soup Recipe

by Dennis Kraus

Recipe of the Week – Old-Fashion Chicken Soup

September 11, 2012 at 9:21 am

(From the Soup Collection at emealsforyou.com)

Old Fashion Chicken Soup

We have been cooking up a storm around here most of the summer; but now we are getting back to basics. The grand kids were here last weekend and left us with their colds. There is nothing more miserable than getting a summer head cold; and there is nothing that makes it feel better, at least for a short time, than a hot bowl of homemade chicken soup.

This took under half an hour to put together. Throw everything in the pot and come back, get a bowl and let the warm broth soothe you.

Old Fashioned Chicken Soup

Recipe Summary

Complexity:

Easy

Serves:

10

Category:

Soups

Meal:

Weekly 8 (Quick Meals Planner)

3

Tb

oil, olive

5

• lb
• chicken, whole, cut up
• 2
• tsp
• salt, kosher
• 2
• medium
• onions, chopped
• 1
• cup
• carrots, diced
• 4
• medium
• celery ribs
• 50
• oz
• chicken broth
• 70
• oz
• water

1

pinch

salt and pepper to taste

0.5

recipe

spaetzle

This recipe makes a lot of soup and you will have extra cooked chicken leftover for another use. Heat a large soup pot, add the olive oil, when it begins to shimmer add the cut up and dried chicken. Brown, don’t burn, the chicken on both sides. Add the onion, carrots, celery, salt, and stir. Lightly brown the vegetables; add the broth and water and stir. Cook on a low boil for 20 -30 minutes; until the chicken is fork tender. Remove the chicken to a platter and taste the broth. Depending on the chicken, the broth may need to be reduced to concentrate the flavors. Cook on the boil until the broth is tasty. In the meantime, remove the chicken from the bones. Cut half the chicken into small pieces and add back to the soup pot. Once the soup is done adjust the salt and pepper to taste. (It is important to not add the salt prior to reducing; as the soup will become too salty)

Bring the soup back up to the boil. Drop the spaetzle batter into the boiling soup to form small dumplings.

Use the remaining chicken in chicken salad or tacos.

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