I’m not a sports fan AT ALL, but the last World Series Game hooked me last night. Today, I thought that the Cleveland Indians might need a big dose of chicken soup to comfort them with their loss.
There is a traditional method of making chicken soup that most of you might know. My version starts with a rotisserie chicken I pi
cked up at the market. Chicken soup is usually dinner #4 from one of these chickens. After we eat it as sliced chicken for dinner #1, we chop up leg and thigh meat for chicken burritos for dinner #2, then what’s left is made into chicken pot pies for dinner #3.
So do you want my quick cheater-cheater version of chicken soup? Well, you can find it at the end of the recipe.
Save RecipeIngredients
- • 1 chicken carcass with some meat left on
- • 2 carrots chopped
- • 1 small-medium onion chopped
- • 2 stalks of celery chopped
- • 1-2 small sprigs of fresh thyme
- • 1/2 teaspoon fresh oregano
- • 1 bay leaf
- • Salt & pepper to taste
- • 4-6 cups liquid (can be a combination of water, chicken stock, splash of white wine)
- • 2 cups wide noodles
- • parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Put the carcass in a large pot. Cover with the liquid. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce to a simmer.
- Remove the carcass with a slotted spoon or larger spoon strainer; set aside to cool. Pull any meat off the bones to put back into the broth.
- Add the carrots, celery, onion, herbs, and seasonings to the broth, bring back to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are about half cooked.
- At this point if you are just making chicken stock you can strain to broth and freeze or refrigerate for future use.
- If making chicken soup continue cooking and add in the noodles, cook until noodles are al dente.
- Garnish with parsley or celery leaves. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Notes
Cheater-cheater chicken soup: Sometimes I bag and tag the chicken soup BEFORE adding the noodles. I do this to use in the future. When I need a quick meal, I just defrost this version of chicken soup, add noodles or rice and it's dinner in about 10 minutes!
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