Chicken Soup Old School Recipes

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Remove skin from chicken legs. Add to large soup pot that has a tight fitting lid. Pour cold water over and add the ground turmeric.
• Prepare soup vegetables. Chop onion, slice celery and carrots, mince garlic, shred cabbage, and dice potatoes. Add to soup pot. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
• Remove chicken from pot and set aside to cool. Once cool, remove meat from bones. Discard bones, cut meat into bite-size pieces, and add back to soup pot.
• Stir in egg noodles or dry pasta noodle of your choice.
• Season broth with salt, pepper, dried oregano, basil, and sugar. Simmer an additional 15 minutes.
• To serve, garnish with fresh minced parsley.

GOOD OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in stockpot and pour chicken broth and water in the pot. Turn heat on high and bring to a boil.
• Immediately lower to a simmer and add carrots, onion, celery, bay leaf, basil, parsley, tarragon, salt and pepper.
• Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Add orzo and stir. Cook for additional 15 minutes.
• Take chicken out of pot and remove meat from bones and return meat back to the pot and stir.
• Ladle chicken soup in some bowls or crocks.
• Eat
• Enjoy

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large heavy pot. Cook onion and celery until translucent. Season chicken pieces liberally with salt and pepper. Place chicken skin side down in pot and brown, about 5 minutes. Add carrots and cover with water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Remove chicken from soup and let cool. Remove meat from bones and shred, discard skin. Return meat to pot and stir in parsley and noodles. Cook for another 20 minutes.

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Clean chicken and remove some, but not all, fat. Place in a 2-quart soup pot with carrots, celery, tomatoes, and onion. Tie all dill sprigs into a bunch with kitchen string; add to the pot with salt and pepper. Add water until chicken is covered by 2 inches.
• Cook over medium-low heat until chicken is just about cooked through, about 3 hours. Remove chicken to a platter and allow to cool slightly, 15 to 20 minutes. Cut meat off the bones, place meat back into the pot, and discard the bones. Cook over medium-low heat until heated through, about 30 minutes longer. Remove dill before serving.

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN SOUP (MADE EASY)

Steps:

• POUR 64 ounces Trader Joe's Organic Free-Range chicken broth into a 4-quart pot; heat to a low gentle boil.
• SNIP 1 tablespoon fresh parsley into broth.
• PULL fresh thyme leaves from stem using thumb and forefinger against the growth direction, to yield about 1 1/2 teaspoons; add to broth.
• ADD 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning to broth, along with two pinches (1/8 teaspoon) ground nutmeg, 2 pinches (1/8 teaspoon) ground savory, 1 bay leaf, and 5 whole black peppercorns (or 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper).
• CHOP 1 large onion into 1/2'' pieces and add to broth; MASH 1 large clove garlic with a garlic press; add to broth.
• MEASURE 1 1/2 cups whole baby carrots; add to broth.
• SLICE rinsed celery into 3/4'' diagonal-cut slices to make 2 cups; add to broth (if fresh mushrooms are desired they may be sliced and added to broth now).
• COVER and simmer broth, vegetables, herbs and seasonings until vegetables are tender yet firm (6 ounces egg noodles may be added now if desired).
• REMOVE skin from rotisserie chicken and meat from bones; coarsely chunk or dice chicken meat into bite-sized pieces to yield 2-3 cups; STIR in chunked chicken until heated; REMOVE bay leaf and peppercorns; SEASON to taste with kosher salt if desired.
• SERVE soup hot in bowls; SAVOR the old-fashioned goodness!

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN SOUP WITH HOMEMADE NOODLES

Steps:

• Bring chicken stock to a boil; cook chicken breasts at a boil until no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove chicken, cool, and cut meat from bone; keep chicken stock at a low simmer.
• Mix flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt together using the dough hook attachment in the bowl of a stand mixer on Low; add eggs and water, 1 tablespoon at time, until dough holds together.
• Split dough in half. Roll 1 dough half on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut dough into noodles 2 to 3-inches long x 1/4-inch wide using a sharp knife dipped in flour or a fettuccine pasta cutter. Repeat with other dough half.
• Return chicken to the simmering stock; add noodles. Season stock with black pepper and 1 pinch salt. Cook soup until noodles are cooked through, 15 to 25 minutes.

BASIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken, water, and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil in a large stockpot. Skim foam. Add onions, celery, and garlic. Reduce heat. Simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
• Remove breast, and set aside. Add carrots. Simmer, partially covered, for 40 minutes.
• Remove remaining chicken; discard back and wings. Let cool slightly. Remove meat from bones, and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Stir in desired amount of chicken; reserve the rest for another use. Skim fat. Season with salt.

CHICKEN SOUP "OLD SCHOOL"

Steps:

• Clean the chicken, removing the extra fat and the skin in you would like a leaner soup.
• Clean entire buch of dill and parsley, tie bunch together tightly with white thread, and cut off the root ends.
• Place chicken, leeks and onions in cold water.
• Add seasonings and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer.
• Add carrots, celery, and parsnips to the water.
• Place the dill and parsley bunches on top of the soup, and gently push them under the water.
• After 1 hour, remove dill, parsely, and parsnips ( if desired, you may cool the parsnip, mash them and put them back in the soup.).
• Remove chicken after 1 1/2 hours. let cool, and add small pieces of the meat to the soup.
• If desired, cook the pasta and add to the soup.