Chicken Soup - Janine Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 (3 – 5 pound) whole chicken rinsed and organ meet removed
4 carrots, halved
4 stalks celery, halved
1 large onion, halved
water to cover
salt and pepper to taste
3-5 tablespoons of good chicken bouillon or base.
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Directions:Put the chicken, carrots, celery, and onion in a large soup pot and cover with cold water. ( wash the veggies but do not peel or remove the onion skin, and celery tops or celery base, this adds great flavor to the stock. That tip was given to me by my wonderful neighbor Josette Donohoe, WWII French war bride.) Heat and simmer, uncovered until the chicken meat falls off of the bones (skim off foam every so often). 1-2 hours. Take everything out of the pot. Strain the broth. Pick the meat off of the bones and discard the stock veggies. Season the broth with salt, pepper, and chicken bouillon to taste.( you can cool overnight to skim the fat off the top, refrigerate the chicken meat to add at the very end) You now have a wonderful chicken stock! |
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The Soup |
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Ingredients: Butter and olive oil
Chopped: 1-2 onions, 4-5 carrots sliced or cubed,3-4 stalks of celery
Parsley
Optional: Chopped zucchini, Chopped spinach, Can of rinsed white beans, Small meatballs,
Soup pasta- egg noodles, ditali or something small - cooked separately.
Parmesan Cheese
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Directions:Melt butter and oil in a deep stock pot. Sauté the onions, carrots, and celery. ( and optional zucchini that makes it more of a minestrone) Add your stock, bring to a boil, reduce to simmer. Add chopped parsley. After veggies are tender, about 1 hour, add reserved chicken meat and heat. (Basically, you are done.Sprinkle with cheese and serve.) Pasta – I rarely cook my pasta in the soup. I cook it separately and put in cool water. I then add it to the hot bowl of soup using a slotted spoon just before serving. Always serve with sprinkled cheese on top! Or it's not Italian. Variations: If you are going the Minestrone route: Add a can of rinsed beans, Add chopped spinach at the end- they cook fast.Wedding soup:
Make small meatballs drop in boiling soup and the will cook for 30-40 minutes, then the spinach.
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Time:1-2 hr |
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Notes: This is a combination of my Grandma's, Mom and sister Suzy's recipe. Good soup takes time, that is all there is to it! A shortcut is to buy a rotisserie chicken, discard skin, remove and chop meat, then take bones and boil for one hour. That also makes an excellent bone broth. Strain broth, discard bones and add your veggies. Guaranteed to cure the common cold.
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