Chicken Soup with Tiny Meatballs
Chicken Soup with Tiny Meatballs recipe
Yield
12 servingsPrep
30 minCook
75 minReady
105 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | pounds |
chicken
stewing |
|
| 4 | cups |
water
|
|
| 2 ½ | teaspoons |
basil
|
*
|
| ½ | pound |
onions
|
|
| 1 | each |
bay leaves
|
*
|
| 1 | clove |
garlic
|
|
| 5 | each |
carrots
sliced |
|
| 1 | x |
parsley leaves
|
*
|
| 1 | x |
celery leaves
|
* |
| Meatballs | |||
| 1 | cup |
beef
finely minced |
*
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | slice |
white bread
crumbly |
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | x |
black pepper
freshly ground |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 907.2 | g |
chicken
stewing |
|
| 946 | ml |
water
|
|
| 13 | ml |
basil
|
*
|
| 226.8 | g |
onions
|
|
| 1 | each |
bay leaves
|
*
|
| 1 | clove |
garlic
|
|
| 5 | each |
carrots
sliced |
|
| 1 | x |
parsley leaves
|
*
|
| 1 | x |
celery leaves
|
* |
| Meatballs | |||
| 237 | ml |
beef
finely minced |
*
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | slice |
white bread
crumbly |
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 1 | x |
black pepper
freshly ground |
*
|
Directions
Place chicken in water in large saucepan.
Add salt, pepper, basil, bay leaf and garlic.
Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer slowly for ½ hour or until chicken is tender.
Remove chicken from pan.
Cool and carefully skim fat from surface of soup.
Bring soup to a boil and add onions, carrots, parsley and celery, simmer gently for 10 minutes.
Meatballs: Mix beef with egg, bread, salt and pepper.
Form into small meatballs, add meatballs to soup and simmer for 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, skim and bone the chicken .
Cut meat into small pieces.
Garnish the soup with chicken and serve.
