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I figured I would post this and see how You or Friends and or Family Make Chicken Soup!
There are many methods, and ingredients, and it would be great to learn tips and new flavors and methods.
It ain't just throw in a chicken and and a carrot and celery in a pot of boiling water.
Do you like greasy soup; or watered down soup..... I and I'm sure others would like to know. ? ? ? ?
My soup is what I call "Jimmy's Fussy Chicken Soup!"
I start with about 4 quarts of water.
A little salt and pepper
A 1/2 chiiken breast...No Bones; and trimmed of all fat and grizzle and skin.
I slice and dice the breast first, and then it goes in the pot.
I add 1 medium onion (yellow) diced small, and 2 stalks of celery cut 1/8 to 1/4 inch slices so that the celery is spoon size and not strings and limp.
I sometimes throw in the leaves and take out later.
I let that cook down 1/3, and then add 3 Knorrs Boulion Cakes.
Then in goes 3 large carrots that I peeled and diced into 1/2 inch cubes.
Two whole garlic cloves
Tbs. Dry Parsely
1 small tomato peeled and cut into teaspoon size pieces. If I have no fresh tomato, a scant Tbs. of ketchup.
1/2 cup frozen corn and 1/2 cup frozen peas.
I let it simmer for about 2 hours or until it reduces one third of the original volume. I taste it for saltiness, and add if needed.
I have had soup that I had just thrown the breast in whole and not cut it in cubes, but I found that doing that, cooks the chicken so that it actually shreds into strings. I personaly do not like that.
I also tried a cooked breast like from a roasted already chicken, but in chopping that up, it turns the chicken meat into mush.
Tina makes the soup completely opposite.
She likes all the chicken parts raw and bones and skin...
Even though she skims off the fat, I don't like the pullet like flavor / taste.
She also throws the carrots and celery thrown in as cut in half. Uh Uh!
Not For Me...No Thank You! I don't like chopping carrots to make them bite size in my bowl while slashing and spilling the soup all over the table.
Oh! She throws the onion in whole too!
She has been used to cooking it that way from her grandmom and her mother and the rest of her crude familY ! LOL LOL
There are many methods, and ingredients, and it would be great to learn tips and new flavors and methods.
It ain't just throw in a chicken and and a carrot and celery in a pot of boiling water.
Do you like greasy soup; or watered down soup..... I and I'm sure others would like to know. ? ? ? ?
My soup is what I call "Jimmy's Fussy Chicken Soup!"
I start with about 4 quarts of water.
A little salt and pepper
A 1/2 chiiken breast...No Bones; and trimmed of all fat and grizzle and skin.
I slice and dice the breast first, and then it goes in the pot.
I add 1 medium onion (yellow) diced small, and 2 stalks of celery cut 1/8 to 1/4 inch slices so that the celery is spoon size and not strings and limp.
I sometimes throw in the leaves and take out later.
I let that cook down 1/3, and then add 3 Knorrs Boulion Cakes.
Then in goes 3 large carrots that I peeled and diced into 1/2 inch cubes.
Two whole garlic cloves
Tbs. Dry Parsely
1 small tomato peeled and cut into teaspoon size pieces. If I have no fresh tomato, a scant Tbs. of ketchup.
1/2 cup frozen corn and 1/2 cup frozen peas.
I let it simmer for about 2 hours or until it reduces one third of the original volume. I taste it for saltiness, and add if needed.
I have had soup that I had just thrown the breast in whole and not cut it in cubes, but I found that doing that, cooks the chicken so that it actually shreds into strings. I personaly do not like that.
I also tried a cooked breast like from a roasted already chicken, but in chopping that up, it turns the chicken meat into mush.
Tina makes the soup completely opposite.
She likes all the chicken parts raw and bones and skin...
Even though she skims off the fat, I don't like the pullet like flavor / taste.
She also throws the carrots and celery thrown in as cut in half. Uh Uh!
Not For Me...No Thank You! I don't like chopping carrots to make them bite size in my bowl while slashing and spilling the soup all over the table.
Oh! She throws the onion in whole too!
She has been used to cooking it that way from her grandmom and her mother and the rest of her crude familY ! LOL LOL
