Wednesday, January 02, 2008

How to make awesome chicken soup

Roast a chicken. (I recommend Roasted Chicken with Herbs and Garlic, Joy of Cooking, Page 580. Email me if you want me to type up the recipe. I will if you ask nicely.)

Eat like hell.

Take the chicken carcass and whatever remaining bits and pieces of leftover chicken remain. Stick it in a stock pot, and almost cover with water and a can of chicken broth. Let the whole thing simmer on the stove until the chicken starts falling off the bone.

Strain the broth into another pot and let the chicken skeleton cool. When the temperature allows, pick off all the remaining meat and put it into the strained broth.

Meanwhile, fry some onions and carrots (NO CELERY. CELERY IS BAD AND WRONG. JUST ASK KIMBERLY.) in olive oil at low temperature for about 10 minutes or until the veggies are soft. Put the veggies into the strained broth and chicken mixture. Season with a bay leaf, fresh thyme and salt & pepper to taste.

Cook egg noodles separately and when you combine them with the veggies, strained seasoned broth and chicken mixture you have the best chicken soup ever.

So simple. So good. And I'm so full. Now if only I hadn't used every damn dish in the house and gotten some laundry done my evening would be complete...

posted by Space Kitty at 9:27 PM|| Comments (1)