This chicken soup with spices and herbs is what my grandmother would make when we didn't feel well. I have doctored it up a bit.
Prep
29 min
Cook
95 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
1
, 2 to 3 pound
10 cups water
, or as needed to cover
3 stalks celery with leaves
, chopped and separated
1 pound baby carrots
2 onions
, chopped
2
, 14.5 ounce
2 cubess beef bouillon
, crumbled
1 packet chicken noodle soup mix
5 blacks peppercorns
2 bays leaves
1 pinch dried thyme
1 pinch poultry seasoning
1 pinch dried basil
1 pinch dried parsley
1
, 8 ounce
Instructions
1
Place chicken into a large pot; cover with water. Add celery leaves. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove chicken from the pot and place in a bowl until cool enough to handle.
2
Meanwhile, strain cooking liquid, discard celery leaves, and return cooking liquid to the pot. Place carrots, onion, celery stalks, chicken broth, bouillon, and soup mix into the pot and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Add peppercorns, bay leaves, thyme, poultry seasoning, basil, and parsley.
3
Bone chicken; cut meat into bite-sized pieces and add to the pot. Simmer until vegetables are tender and flavors are well blended, about 90 minutes.
4
Stir in pasta; cook until noodles are tender yet firm to the bite, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve hot.
Nutrition per serving
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