Good Old Fashioned Chicken Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a large dutch oven or stock pot, add onion, celery, carrots, garlic and bay leaf. Place chicken on top, and add water. (If your pot will only hold 10 cups of water at first, the remaining water can be added later, as some of it will evaporate.) Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for 1-1/2 hours.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove chicken to a plate to cool. Strain the broth, and discard the vegetables.
• At this point, the broth may be cooled and frozen for later use, or you may continue on with the recipe. This is an excellent time to remove any remaining fat from the broth.
• Remove the meat from the bones, cut and set aside.
• Return the broth to a clean pot. Bring to a boil and add the potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 1/2 hour.
• Add the chicken, bouillon, frozen vegetables, and noodles. Simmer for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Dry chicken thighs with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over med-high heat until just smoking.
• Brown chicken thighs well on both sides, 6-8 minutes.
• Transfer to plate, let cool slightly, and discard skin.
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat left in pan.
• Add in carrots, celery, and onions; cook over medium heat until vegetables are softened, 7-10 minutes.
• Stir in garlic, tomato paste, thyme, and red pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in 1 cup chicken broth, scraping up any browned bits; transfer to slow cooker.
• Stir remaining 7 cups broth and bay leaves into slow cooker.
• Nestle browned chicken with any accumulated juice into slow cooker.
• Season chicken breast with salt and pepper, wrap in foil packet, and lay on top of soup.
• Cover and cook until chicken is tender, 4-6 hours on LOW.
• Remove foil packet, open it carefully (watch for steam), and transfer chicken breast to cutting board.
• Transfer chicken thighs to cutting board.
• Let all chicken cool slightly, then shred into bite-size pieces, discarding skin and bones.
• Let soup settle for 5 minutes, then remove fat from surface using large spoon.
• Discard bay leaves.
• Cook egg noodles in boiling salted water until tender, then drain.
• Stir cooked noodles, shredded chicken, and peas into soup and let sit until heated through, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in parsley, season with salt and pepper to taste, and serve.

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!

Steps:

• In a large saucepan melt butter. Add onion, carrot and celery. Cook gently 5 min until vegetables are fragrant and tender.
• Add chicken. Cook 2 to 3 min until chicken loses its raw appearance.
• Sprinkle with flour. Cook 3 to 4 min, browning lightly.
• Add chicken stock and bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper. Cook 15 minute.
• Add milk and bring to a boil. Add rice and cook 5 to 10 minute (If soup is thicker than you wish, add a bit more milk, if it is thinner than you like cook uncovered for 5 to 10 min to reduce it.) Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
• Variation.
• For Cream of Chicken Noodle Soup, add 1 ½ cups (375 ml) cooked noodles instead of the rice.
• If you have left over cooked chicken or turkey, add it with the cooked rice in step #5 and omit step #2.

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.