German Chicken Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Slice hard rolls thinly and place in a large bowl; set aside to dry overnight.
• Add the water to the chicken, season to taste and cook slowly for several hours.
• An hour or so before serving time, make soup balls as follows:
• Soak bread in warm milk. Bread should be moist, but not soggy.
• If using, fry onion and bacon in butter until onion is tender (If not using skip to step 7).
• Stir onion and bacon into moist bread.
• Add parsley flakes, eggs, salt and pepper to bread.
• Stir to combine all ingredients.
• Shape into large dumplings.
• Drop into boiling soup.
• Simmer uncovered, for 20 minutes, or until dumplings rise to surface.

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil.
• Add chicken and vegetables (except leeks and parsley).
• Add salt, pepper and bouillon cubes as well as Maggi.
• Cook for 1-2 hours until chicken starts falling off the bone.
• Remove the chicken from the pot and let cool off until you can strip it off the bones and put back into the pot.
• In the meantime add the sliced leeks and any other frozen vegetables you like (corn, peas, brussel sprouts or frozen cauliflower work well).
• Add noodles and fresh parsley and cook all for another 10 - 15 minutes.
• Season to taste and serve with fresh baguette.