Saras Full Flavored Chicken Soup Recipes

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN SOUP FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Put your chicken into the stock pot and cover with water.
• Add a little salt and bring to a boil. Once it comes to a good rolling boil for a few minutes, lower the heat to between LOW and MEDIUM. Put the lid on and let it cook for about 2 hours on the stove.
• Open the pot and check to see how the chicken is doing. When the meat is more tender and JUST STARTS to come off the chicken it's time for the next step.
• Using tongs or another kitchen tool (I like to use a large roast beef fork) remove the chicken from the pot and set on a cookie sheet or large plate. The only thing that should be left in the pot is the liquid.
• While the chicken cools for a couple minutes so you can work with it easier, skim off some of the fat that's accumulated on the surface of the pot. You don't have to remove it all since it does give the soup a great flavor but if there's a lot you should try to remove some. The amount of fat you have on the top depends on the chicken itself - some are fattier than others.
• Using a fork and knife, remove as much meat as possible from the chicken and drop it into the pot. Do not cut the meat into chunks - let the meat naturally come apart as it continues the cooking process.
• Make sure that you add the leg bones to the pot along with the meat. The bones are extremely important in making the soup taste perfect.
• Once all the meat is removed from the chicken you can discard the unused parts.
• Now add the vegetables, garlic and herbs to the pot.
• Add some water to the pot until the veggies, etc are covered.
• Bring to a rolling boil once more for a couple minutes.
• Lower the heat to about between LOW and MEDIUM, cover and let it cook for 2 more hours.
• Stir the soup a couple times while it cooks.
• At the end of cooking give the soup a taste and add a little more salt and pepper to taste.
• Let it cook for a couple more minutes and remove the leg bones and bay leaves.
• Once done - Enjoy!

SARA'S FULL-FLAVORED CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pot on medium-high.
• Salt and pepper chicken pieces and add to hot oil.
• Brown all chicken pieces very well on each side. I find it easy to use long tongs to turn them.
• Add onions and garlic to pot and cook until transluscent. Do NOT overcook the garlic, it will really ruin the flavor of the broth.
• Add 12c. of water, chicken broth, italian seasoning and bay leaves. If you don't have broth I'll add about 2TB of Better than Boullion.
• Simmer for 1-2 hours until the chicken is falling from the bones.
• Remove Chicken from pot and set aside to cool. Strain out onions, bay leaves and any larger chunks of garlic.
• Add celery and carrots and turn heat up to boil, then reduce to simmer. While veggies are cooking, shred or cut up chicken pieces, discarding the skins and bones. Return to pot. At this point, if your stock/liquid has cooked down quite a bit, you can always add more water at this point. I usually do!
• Check vegetables after 20-30 minutes; remove from heat.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Enjoy!

SAVORY CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add chicken, onion, garlic, and bacon. Cook and stir until chicken is browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add stock and white wine. Lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove chicken to a plate. Strain liquid into a bowl and separate onion and bacon.
• Return onion and bacon to the pot. Add butter and melt over medium heat. When butter bubbles, whisk in flour. Cook and stir until flour takes on a little color, 3 to 4 minutes. Whisk in reserved chicken stock. Simmer for 5 minutes.
• While the soup is simmering, shred chicken with your hands.
• Remove soup from the heat and puree with an immersion blender until smooth. Whisk in cream. Stir in chicken.

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.